Yoga instructor Jessamyn Stanley, founder of The Underbelly, has been breaking barriers in the world of American yoga for over ten years, and she continues to do that in her new insightful and very funny book, “Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance," in which she champions making room on the yoga mat for bodies of all sizes, colors and gender.
In this interview, she shares her definition of yoga, discusses the paradoxes of "American yoga," explains the difference between "cultural appreciation" and "cultural appropriation," and challenges yoga practitioners who ignore the realities of discrimination.