The yoga community is not immune to the many challenges facing society at large. The Brighton Yoga Foundation organised some very important debates and discussion panels on crucial issues facing the yoga community. You can read more about them below.
Amelia Wood, PhD Candidate SOAS University of London
This PodCourse will offer, and critique, definitions of “Spiritual Abuse”. There will be space to consider how such definitions relate, and are relevant, to the context of modern transnational yoga. The parameters of modern yoga will be defined and we will examine why it is important to understand instances and allegations of abuses of power in yoga communities as Spiritual Abuse – what does such a definition include and exclude?
In 2019, we organised a survivor-led panel discussing sexual abuse in the yoga community, called “Silenced Voices.” Participants included: Karen Rain & Jubilee Cooke (from the USA), Theo Wildcroft, Josna Pankhania & Jacqueline Hargreaves. The panel discussion is hosted on the Yoga International website and can be accessed for free to watch, though you’ll need to create a free account to do so here:
In 2020, we organised a discussion on “Black Lives Matter & Diversity in Yoga”. Participants included: Dianne Bondy, Jonelle Lewis, Kallie Schut, Amani Eke, Dirish Shaktidas and Twanna Doherty.
The discussion can be viewed on our Vimeo account
In 2021, we organised a discussion on “How Can Yoga Survive the Pandemic?”. Participants included: Norman Blair, Ruth Westoby, Mike Shaw, Simran Uppal, Lorraine Close and Theo Wildcroft.
The discussion can be viewed on our Vimeo account
