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How Yoga Creates the Perfect Conditions for Grooming & Control
Yoga doesn’t create safety—it creates the perfect architecture for grooming and control. Even without physical adjustments, the hierarchy, obedience, and belonging dynamics remain. Grooming isn’t an accident in yoga culture; it’s an outcome of the system itself.
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Unraveling the Myth of Ashtanga Yoga
Unraveling the Myth of Ashtanga Yoga I once believed Ashtanga yoga was an ancient tradition. It’s not. Pattabhi Jois created the system—and the same teachers who shaped modern vinyasa protected him while he abused students. Teaching Ashtanga normalizes rape culture. Here’s why I walked away.
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5 Ayurvedic Practices to Transform Your Emotional Wellness During Menopause
From an Ayurvedic perspective, menopause is a time when Vata dosha, which governs movement and change, can become aggravated. This aggravation can manifest as restlessness, anxiety, and a feeling of being ungrounded. Pitta dosha, which regulates heat and transformation, also flare up, leading to irritability, anger, and frustration. Understanding these doshic imbalances gives us a…
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Bridging Modern Science and Ayurveda: Overcoming Bias for Holistic Health
As an Ayurvedic practitioner, I’ve often encountered bias from those who place modern empirical evidence on a pedestal, dismissing traditional knowledge systems as outdated or unproven. It’s fascinating—and frankly, frustrating—how quickly thousands of years of wisdom can be disregarded in favor of studies that have only been around for a few decades. But this dismissal…
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The Secret of Ayurvedic Herbs for Yogis and Athletes: Enhancing Performance & Well-Being
both groups share a common goal: achieving optimal performance and maintaining balance in their bodies and minds. Ayurvedic herbs can play a significant role in supporting this goal. They enhance physical capabilities
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Is Yoga Political? The Historical Intersection of Yoga and Politics
Is Yoga Political? How Yoga and Politics Intersect
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Sexual Abuse in Yoga Part 3 – Is Ashtanga a cult? Stumbling Forward by Embracing our Failures
As we reflect on how we, as a community, handled and mismanaged metoo it’s clear there’s still work to be done. While acknowledging our failures, it’s important to realize the real potential for growth and transformation. When we hold ourselves, and our teachers accountable, we can actively work towards a more just and equitable future.
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Sexual Abuse in Yoga Part 2 – Sacred Stories of Ashtanga’s Open Secret
The following stories are ones I rarely shared because some were not my stories to share. I studied with PJ for a short time before his death. What I witnessed and experienced as secondary trauma has stayed with me. The way the Ashtanga community handled it, denied it, and gaslit everyone has also stayed with…
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Sexual Abuse in Yoga Part 1 – “But he did so much good in the world”
Trigger Warning: The following post discusses sexual assault. The following is a personal narrative and reflection based on lived experience, shared in the interest of truth-telling an survivor solidarity “But he did so much good in the world!” This is the knee jerk response every time anyone tries to discuss sexual abuse in yoga. This…
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The Potency of Ojas in Ayurveda & Yoga
How do we explain the unexplainable? One thing that Ayurvedic practitioners are constantly trying to build in their clients is Ojas. Ojas is a sanskrit word that does not directly translate to english. We describe it and why it’s importance but many of these subtle eastern concepts are difficult to understand. Ojas is the subtle…
Magnolia Ayurveda
Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist & Yoga Educator
