![]() And reveals what she calls her own “whole-ass problematic”: Growing up Baháí, loving astrology, learning to meditate, finding prana in music.Īnd in the end, Jessamyn invites every reader to find the authentic spirit of yoke-linking that good and that bad, that light and that dark. She questions why the Western take on yoga so often misses-or misuses-the tradition’s spiritual dimension. She calls out an American yoga complex that prefers debating the merits of cotton versus polyblend leggings rather than owning up to its overwhelming Whiteness. ![]() In a series of deeply honest, funny autobiographical essays, Jessamyn explores everything from imposter syndrome to cannabis to why it’s a full-time job loving yourself, all through the lens of yoke. This larger idea of “yoke” is what Jessamyn Stanley calls the yoga of the everyday-a yoga that is not just about perfecting your downward dog but about applying the hard lessons learned on the mat to the even harder daily project of living. ![]() In Sanskrit, yoga means to “yoke.” To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad. Finding self-acceptance both on and off the mat. ![]()
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