Practicing Yoga as Resistance

<p>Bringing together a diverse chorus of voices and experiences in the pursuit of collective bodily emotional and spiritual liberation <i>Practicing Yoga as Resistance</i> examines yoga as it is experienced across the Western cultural landscape through an intersectional feminist lens. </p><p>Naming the systems of oppression that permeate our lived experiences this collection and its contributors shine a light on the ways yoga practice is intertwined with these systems while offering insight into how people challenge and creatively subvert mitigate and reframe them through their efforts. </p><p>From the disciplines of yoga studies embodiment studies women’s and gender studies performance studies educational studies social sciences and social justice the self-identified women queer BIPOC and White allies represented in this book present an interdisciplinary tapestry of scholarship that serves to add depth to a growing assemblage of yoga literature for the 21st century.</p>