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Can anything be yoga? Or does everything crumble to dust if it’s analysed hard enough?

I recently discussed this – and much else besides – with Anya Foxen and Christa Kuberry, who co-wrote a book titled Is This Yoga?

There are no simple answers, but asking the question can still be insightful – particularly since both authors are also practitioners. Along the way, we consider:

* If yoga’s roots are too knotted to distinguish lotuses from waterlilies

* How Western traditions dating back to ancient Greece echo yogic ideas

* Whether classes called “harmonic gymnastics” would attract any students

* What might help modern yoga preserve a connection to Indic tradition

* How to build a dating app combining Western and Vedic astrology

To dive a bit deeper into texts and traditions, join me for a course at truthofyoga.com.

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