Let's Talk Yoga
Arundhati is an immigrant Indian yoga teacher, living in the US. She's grown a 6 figure yoga business singlehandedly. Self-taught, hardworking, and passionate, she's changing the yoga conversation to include more Indian yoga teachers. This podcast covers topics like cultural appropriation of yoga, yoga teacher training, practicing yoga in business, and much more...Whether you're a student or a teacher, you'll find valuable insight, strategies, free downloads, and raw conversations. Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode! More good stuff on our website - letstalk.yoga.
Let's Talk Yoga
Women Yogis of India with Prasad Rangnekar
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Arundhati Baitmangalkar
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Episode 143
The topic of women yogis in India is often overlooked and not widely discussed due to its complexity and nuances. It involves many layers of cultural factors. Popular yoga often includes discussions about yogis, but there is a mysterious aspect to it. To shed some light on this topic, I decided to invite Prasad Rangnekar back, one of our favorite guests, to discuss the history of women practitioners, specifically yogis and yoginis in India.
Episode Highlights:
- Was yoga a man's practice?
- The distinction between saying women yogis and yoginis
- Defining yoga in context
- The role of women in society and their impact
- The link between the feminine divinity and the goddesses in India and women yogis
- The Vedic period
- The privacy of women in their practice of sadhana
- Women yogis at the end of BC Period to the Common Era
- What are yoginis?
- Things to consider as a modern-day practitioner about the topic of yoginis
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