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Sri Louise

Sri Louise

Sri Louise is a contemporary dancer/performer, who has been practicing Yoga since 1993 and has been a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati since 1999. Sri has presented in the Race & Yoga conference at UCBerkely for the last 3 years, which has given her a platform to critique the "Yoga" culture in North America, especially with regards to appropriation. Sri louise maintains the blog www.postyoga.wordpress.com for this on-going purpose. Her website is www.srilouise.com

Denying Yoga its roots
Commentary

Denying Yoga its roots

Sri Louise- August 27, 2020

“Admiration of a foreign culture or a foreign aesthetic system can connote broad-mindedness and at the same time flatter the aesthetic or political pretensions of ... Read More

Yoga as the Colonized Subject
Archives, Commentaries

Yoga as the Colonized Subject

Sri Louise- February 12, 2018

While certain Yoga practices were only intended for the Sannyasin, the Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita are replete with discussions of Yoga that have been held ... Read More

Denying Yoga Its Roots- Classic Case Of Hinduphobia
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)

Denying Yoga Its Roots- Classic Case Of Hinduphobia

Sri Louise- July 2, 2016

A classic example of Hinduphobia is the reluctance of many in the west to give the origins and cultivation of Yoga to the Hindus. Read More