Freedom Becomes You With Julian Walker

The Light and Shadow of Yoga: Cultish power dynamics, injuries and attitudes toward the body, and entrenched beliefs that are deemed taboo to question. I want to introduce those of you who don’t know him to Matthew Remski —you can read his bio here. In Part One of our discussion, Matthew talks about the tension between being a teacher and author who has also been moving more and more into doing research and journalism around certain key issues in the yoga community. He shares about his fascination with questions of healing, abuse, and distinctions between justice and revenge, transparency and punishment, and how to serve the goal of creating a healthier yoga community without being on a personal psychologically-driven crusade. We discuss his current book and research project WAWADIA (What Are We Actually Doing In Asana?) —a deep exploration of the topic of injuries, abuse, and how we think about our bodies in yoga. We touch on some of the history of corporal punishment and intimidation in the yoga tradi