Magnolia Ayurveda

Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist & Yoga Educator

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White Supremacy in Wellness: How Yoga and Spiritual Teachers Uphold it by Staying Silent on Genocide

In wellness spaces, particularly among yoga and spiritual teachers, there’s this deeply misguided belief. They think staying “neutral” or silent during global atrocities like genocide somehow aligns with peace. They also think it aligns with unity. But this silence does far more harm than good. By choosing not to speak out, these teachers are not…

Magnolia Zuniga C.A.S.

October 23, 2024

Social Justice in Wellness, Ethics in Yoga and Spirituality, Healing and Social Awareness, social jsutice and yoga, Spiritual Accountability, Spiritual Bypassing, Wellness Industry Critique, White Supremacy in Wellness, Yoga and Activism

Accountability in spirituality, Activism in spiritual communities, Complicity in yoga, Genocide and wellness spaces, kino mcgregor, kino yoga, Responsibility in wellness, Silence and privilege, Social justice in spirituality, Social justice in yoga, Social responsibility in wellness, Spiritual bypassing, Wellness and white supremacy, Wellness industry critique, White supremacy in wellness, Yoga and human rights, Yoga and social awareness, yoga and social justice, Yoga teachers and activism