Publications
Here is where you can find what I’ve published in journal articles, book chapters, and editorials for news outlets and magazines. To see earned media where I’ve been featured in interviews, podcasts, and public talks, visit my Media & Events page.
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“Yoga in Gaza: A Conversation Featuring Hadeel Al-Gharbawi of Al-Jawad Camp” in Race and Yoga
It was the twenty-first of June. The summer solstice. I awoke eager to prepare for Yogis for Palestine’s (YFP) International Day of Yoga solidarity offering in Clark Park, a popular…
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“International Day of Yoga Action for Palestinian Liberation Solidarity Statement” in Jadaliyya
Use this year’s International Day of Yoga (IDY) to reimagine what spiritual and political solidarity with Palestinian freedom can look like in global yoga spaces.
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“What is the Relationship between Race and Yoga?” in Yoga Studies in 5 Minutes
In this entry, I will focus on how Edward Said’s framework of Orientalism simultaneously illumates yoga’s susceptibility to cultural appropriation as it also absolves its weaponization by Desi far-right cultural…
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“Introducing Omwashing” in The Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide: Social Justice, Science, Politics and Power
Sheena has been practicing yoga since she was 13 years old. Her early visits to India consisted of her learning mantras from her grandmother, Biji…
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“‘Om-washing’: Why Modi’s yoga day pose is deceptive” in Al Jazeera
It’s time to reclaim yoga from the Indian PM, who is using it to mask an agenda of ethno-nationalist state violence. Op-Ed written during Modi’s visit to the US.
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“The City of Radical Love: A Philly Story of Oppression, Resistance, and Healing” in Practicing Yoga as Resistance: Voices of Color in Search of Freedom
…Her statement captures the necessity for a racial interpretation of yoga in North Philadelphia, a neighborhood impacted by high levels of state-sanctioned violence.
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“Embodying Yoga Liberation: Growing Roots in Philly” for ABCDYogi
Support the inaugural abcdyogi online magazine themed on EARTH PRTHVI. This zine is a collaboration by 35+ South Asian creatives and holds practices, essays, illustrations, poetry, photography, and more focused…
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“Spectacles of Compassion: Modi’s Weaponization of Yoga” in Jadaliyya
Modi’s measures symbolize how yoga, mindfulness, and spirituality are weaponized to silence the legitimate complaints of social movements that seek to hold governments accountable.
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“Towards a Critical Embodiment of Decolonizing Yoga” in Race and Yoga
“The way of the sword doesn’t belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the arts belong to us all” (Avatar: The Last Airbender 2007)
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“‘They Can Only Stretch the Bond. They Can’t Break it.’” in Colorlines
Last month, for the first time ever, Michael Jr. was united with both his parents outside prison walls. Weaving us through a 40-year struggle with state-sanctioned separation, here is Mike…