Tired of feeling like the ‘lone Indian’ in classes led by white women, Ruhi Lee finds another way to connect to her roots
Most online yoga classes are triggering for me. I see white, sun-kissed women on the beach, appropriating yoga to build their following, with little regard to the culture from which it originated. I hear them mispronouncing the Sanskrit words attached to the poses. And I am reminded of how often I and other brown women like me have faded into the background.
I’ve taken quite a few classes headed up by non-Indian instructors, both online and in person. Over time, I began to notice a pattern. While I was being told to relax my mind – to inhale love and light and exhale negativity – I just kept breathing frustration, in and out, at feeling like a lone Indian. The under-representation of Indian women in an ancient field that has been ploughed by our own ancestors is ridiculous.
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