What is Cultural Appropriation?

Explore the nuanced topic of cultural appropriation in this week’s podcast episode. Learn what it is, how to identify it, how it relates to yoga, and how we can use this information to ease the suffering and harm it can cause.    Episode Highlights: Defining cultural appropriation from both direct personal experience and a research/writing perspective  What cultural appropriation in the yoga community looks like How to identify cultural appropriation when it is happening  How cultural appropriation causes harm Intersectionality and representation in yoga  Compassion, empathy, and conversations as tools for dealing with the issue of cultural appropriation   Links & Resources Sign up for a training on Cultural Appropriation with Rina   NEW! Become a patron of the yoga teacher resource podcast to support ad-free episodes and receive bonus content Join the Yoga Teacher Resource Facebook Group  Sign up for Mado's email list and get a free download of 100 yoga class themes Aware of the Invisible: A Cultural Appropriation Yoga Training with Rina Deshpande