---
type: Article
title: "Decolonizing Yoga — examining Western yoga's assumptions"
description: "The ongoing effort to surface and address the commercial, cultural, and racial assumptions inside Western yoga practice and teaching."
resource: "https://bavida.com/t/9gaxf2n5sb73/"
locale: en
published: "2026-04-22T17:13:43.172Z"
timestamp: "2026-07-12T19:14:36.580Z"
tags:
  - "communities"
  - "profiles"
  - "yoga"
---

# Decolonizing Yoga — examining Western yoga's assumptions

The ongoing effort to surface and address the commercial, cultural, and racial assumptions inside Western yoga practice and teaching.

**Contents**

- What the conversation involves
- Why it shows up in wellbeing coverage

Full text: https://bavida.com/t/9gaxf2n5sb73/