Light and Space Yoga in Ojai has invited me to speak from a Punjabi-American perspective about cultural appropriation in the modern yoga world—and the damage that this appropriation can perpetuate.

This Liberating Yoga Workshop will be a contemplative space to explore the entanglement between cultural appropriation, colonization, and New Age Spirituality and understand how we, as conscious yoga teachers, can help to dismantle the cultural appropriation of yoga, and learn how to better honor yoga's roots. Harpinder will share observations and solutions from her own personal journey, offer space for deep reflection, and lead participants in a short trauma-informed practice session.

By working towards intentionally decolonizing yoga, we embody values of compassion, equanimity, and integrity, which help release patterns of oppression. All are welcome.