Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Take Action: Speak Out Against Sexual Misconduct in Yoga

Having the courage to bring this topic out into the open will facilitate transformation for the whole yoga community.

About a month into my marriage, my husband and I took a yoga class together with a fairly well known and respected teacher. Halfway into the class, the teacher, who was male, straddled over me in bridge pose and lifted my hips.

This created an amazing opening in my shoulders and I let out a sound - a sound my husband later described to me as a moan. This, along with other sexual innuendos the instructor made throughout the class, made us both uncomfortable.

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