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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,

I think you and your friend would enjoy this book, The Goddess Pose:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/01/411202468/those-yoga-poses-may-not-be-ancient-after-all-and-maybe-thats-ok

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Not OP. But the audacity of the author  :roll:  baffles me. ( or maybe not). Like she is an authority on it.

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She did a well researched book on the origins of how yoga came to this country.  Listen to the interview at least.  Westerners started calling themselves yogis and promoting the practice of "yoga" during the Theosophy movement about 150 years ago. (Theosophy also influenced leaders and movements in India as well so it wasn't completely one sided.)

However, the I understand how the OP feels--that it is a cultural misappropriation to call yourself a "yogi."  Personally, I roll my eyes when celebrities embrace the Kabbalah as their spiritual awakening, e.g., Madonna.

Culture isn't static though.  Nobody owns it.  Hopefully these spiritual journeys come from a good place and not just cultural misappropriations of the moment.

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