Savira Gupta
Why modern yoga is without purpose and direction.
When I first started taking yoga classes at studios in CA, it was approached and taught as just a physical practice. The emphasis was on...
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Savira Gupta
- May 5
- 4 min
Dharma is a misunderstood concept within Yogaland.
The term dharma has loosely been translated to passion and more often is and continues to be taken out of context. There have been...
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Savira Gupta
- Dec 23, 2021
- 4 min
Why yoga on Instagram is disconnected and commercialized.
Western yoga, (referring to the US as it is the dominant voice) through the lens of Instagram is like going down a rabbit hole where...
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Savira Gupta
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Why Yoga Land Is A Mess!!
Two to three years on and not much has really changed within Yoga Land! On the contrary, it has become even more entrenched in capitalism...
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Savira Gupta
- May 12, 2021
- 4 min
Is yoga being redefined?
Politics...we all know is about creating policies and laws that can both divide, create stability, labels to categorize and discriminate....
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Savira Gupta
- Nov 22, 2020
- 4 min
I do not see color when teaching yoga
A normal routine for me before I start my teaching on the mat is to greet and acknowledge every person that shows up with a smile,...
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Savira Gupta
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
DOES CASTE PLAY A ROLE IN YOGA TODAY?
As a non-resident Indian I have felt both unwelcome by the countries I have lived in and did not feel like belonged to the country of my...
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Savira Gupta
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Can Spiritual Wisdom be lost?
While many claim that ‘Spiritual Wisdom’ is lost in the way yoga is taught today, only a handful have actually experienced or understood its
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Savira Gupta
- Sep 24, 2020
- 4 min
When (or) was Yoga ever colonised?
The South Asia region consists of Afghanistan in the north-west till Bangladesh in the east, and from Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in...
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Savira Gupta
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Do Labels define Yoga? Are you doing or being yoga?
2020 has highlighted the craziness that we live in. The world today is the accumulation of years of hidden injustices that are boiling...
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Savira Gupta
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
Kosha Y'in Practice and Life
Yoga… is to develop a relationship with the self that exists deep within our core. In Sanskrit this is known as Jiv-atman (jiv means to...
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Savira Gupta
- Aug 2, 2019
- 3 min
A Response to Jenni Rawlings
"At its core, the definition of yoga is encapsulated in Yoga Sutra 1.2: “Yoga chitta vrtti nirodha”. The English translation of this...
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Savira Gupta
- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
Inclusive vs Exclusive in Yoga
I am not going to go into the history of Yoga or how it was brought to the West nor am I going to write about the different styles of...
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