The differences between the way yoga is taught and practiced in India and the West are significant, and important for western yoga teachers to be aware of! Lucky for us, today on the podcast we have my friend Arundhati Baitmangalkar to break it down for us!
Arundhati (she/her) is an Indian immigrant yoga teacher, studio business owner, podcaster and Bollywood choreographer. Now living in Seattle, Arundhati has been teaching for 14 years and owns 2 studios businesses. She was named as one of the top 20 POC yoga teachers to watch out for by Yogawalla in 2020 and she focuses on merging the eastern and western worlds of yoga authentically through her teacher trainings, her weekly ‘Let’s Talk Yoga’ podcast and other offerings. Her mission is to empower other yoga teachers like her to not only live their yoga but also thrive by building a successful career around it.
In this episode you’ll hear:
the biggest differences between the way yoga is taught in India and in the West why western yoga teachers should reconsider referring to themselves as yogis something very important to understand about cultural appropriation from a yoga teacher who grew up in India a candid conversation about the use of Namaste to open and close yoga classes valuable ideas for yoga teachers leading trainingsLearn More From Arundhati:
On her website On her podcast On Instagram93: Teaching Kids Yoga Has Lessons For Us All with Crystal McCreary
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91: Legal Protections For Yoga Teachers with Cory Sterling
90: Super Practical Answers To All Your Yoga-Tech Questions with Alex Haley
89: An Update On Online Teaching + A Deep Dive Into The Camera On/Camera Off Debate
88: How Not To Teach Yoga with Tori Lunden
87: The Nuances Of Trauma-Informed Yoga with Sangeeta Vallabhan
86: What It REALLY Looks Like to Regress or Progress Movement with Trina Altman
85: The Trans* Yoga Project with M Camellia + River Redwood
84: The Power of Pranayama with Mirabelle D'cunha
83: A Teacher Owned Co-Op with Shamina Rao + Elizabeth Barnett of The Connective
82: The 12 Routines That Saved Me Last Year
80: An Evidence-Based Approach to Mindful Movement with Jenn Pilotti
79: Embracing Yoga’s Roots, Studentship and Anti-Racism Work with Susanna Barkataki
78: Injuries + Teaching Yoga with Monica Bright
77: Letting Go of Alignment (And What To Teach Instead) with Derek Cook
76: I Opened A Virtual Studio!
75: Where Do We Go From Here? with Amber Karnes + Susanna Barkataki
74: Where Do We Go From Here? with Theo Wildcroft + Matthew Remski
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