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BYTA wants your stories! A pillar of our mission is to elevate the presence and voices of black yoga teachers in the world. We welcome original and relevant articles from our members about your yoga practice and expertise, teaching techniques, personal journey, transformation, and life experiences in yoga. Send an email to: blackyogateachers@gmail.com and we will send you the submission guidelines.
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Yoga on the Mississippi
Memphis, Tennessee—named after the ancient Egyptian capital on the Nile—is the largest city on the Mississippi River. When it was founded in the 1800s, it
Yoga is a Privilege
It shouldn’t be only for the privileged. When I was growing up in the 1990s, I noticed that there were differences between the races that
On the Journey to Enough
“You are enough. You are so enough. It is unbelievable how enough you are.” — Quote from Mary Setrakian made famous by Sierra Boggess In
For the First Time, I Was Not the Only One
Last Spring 2019, I was invited by a friend to join her for an “urban yoga” class and vegan brunch in Tampa, Florida. I was
Teaching Yoga to Christians
While grocery shopping one day, I struck up a conversation with a woman who complained of back pain and spine compression. I invited her to
A Path to Something Greater
By some quirk of fate, 50 years ago, I stumbled across a yoga class being offered at my local art museum. (There were no yoga
Floored | Finding Support in Surrender
A few years ago, a wave of events rippled into my life: A family member was diagnosed with a critical illness. Our home flooded. Our
The True Essence of Yoga
When I began attending yoga classes in 1998 I, like so many others, did so as a way to relieve stress. My high stress levels
Yoga on the Yard
When Paul Quinn College students arrived on campus in August 2019, one of the first things they did was meet with a counselor who assesses
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda |
A Translinear Light
On August 27, jazz musician Alice Coltrane would have been 82 years old. She was a light in the music world but in the yoga
Creating the Spaces
We’ve Been Waiting For
How many times have you been the only Black, male, older, rounder, physically limited, spiritually-focused, gay, trans, or otherwise ‘different’ student in a yoga class?
Representation Matters,
But Leadership Matters More
They caught shade last fall over their Jessamyn Stanley cover. The yoga community was thrilled so see our self-described “fat femme” sister on the cover —