More About Ass-Kicking…

I’ve been thinking about yesterday’s post, and I feel the need to add this:
Honestly, I think there is a western preoccupation with getting our ass kicked, and I don’t mean always in the physical sense.
After writing this post, it occurred to me, that many people – and dare I say, especially women – are taught [...]

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Another thought about yoga and gender…

It’s funny how once I start thinking about something, the theme seems to reappear throughout my daily experiences.
Not long after I started working on my last post about the western feminine gender polarity of yoga, I was in a class with Tony Briggs at Turtle Island Yoga in Marin County.

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Yoga and Gender

Historically, yoga has belonged in the domain of men. It was developed by and for male bodies, and often draws on the language of male experience.
Consider, for example, the Virabhadrasana, or Warrior, series of poses, which depict bodies in battle poses. (Click here to see Warrior I, II, and III.)
Yet in the United States [...]

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