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    Dharma is a misunderstood concept within Yogaland.
    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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    Why Yoga Land Is A Mess!!
    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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    Is yoga being redefined?
    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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    YAMAS, NIYAMAS and YOGA TEACHERS
    Savira Gupta
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    YAMAS, NIYAMAS and YOGA TEACHERS

    How much time do you contribute to teaching the Yamas / Niyamas and do you as a yoga teacher, follow these codes of ethics?
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    Political, Social Justice not Yoga
    Savira Gupta
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Political, Social Justice not Yoga

    'Yoga is Political’ and ‘Yoga is Social Justice’. Something about combining a philosophy that is about 'yuj' with that which is divisive...
    126 views0 comments
    I do not see color when teaching yoga
    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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    Can Spiritual Wisdom be lost?
    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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    When (or) was Yoga ever colonised?
    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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    Expression Matters
    Savira Gupta
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Expression Matters

    There is nothing wrong with the term “Full Expression of a Pose” except when it is misused and viewed from a physical perspective lens....
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    VERSE 4.18
    Savira Gupta
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    VERSE 4.18

    To further grasp the meaning of the verse it was important to understand that the word Karma is further divided into 3 types.
    193 views0 comments
    Do Labels define Yoga? Are you doing or being yoga?
    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...
    120 views0 comments
    Kosha Y'in Practice and Life
    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...
    112 views0 comments
    Think Explore Feel, breaking YOGA down, keeping it REAL
    Savira Gupta
    • Jan 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Think Explore Feel, breaking YOGA down, keeping it REAL

    Breaking YOGA down, making it practical and keeping it real
    108 views0 comments

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