We agree Dr. Anupam Kher. Life is beautiful - Thank you for your kind words and safe travel back home!

"TCY Speaks: Decolonizing Yoga" with The Curvy Yogi. Today, 20 Oct at 6:00 PM IST in @clubhouse! via Clubdeck clubhouse.com/event/xXQK2Z63 #DecolonizingYoga #Yoga #Decolonization #Clubhouse

Silencing, Safety and Hinduphobia in YogaLand curvyyogime.wordpress.com/2021/10/25/sil…

Dr. C P Mathew's body cremated as per Hindu funeral rites; Born as a Christian in  Changanacherry taluk of Kottayam district, he lived a Hindu way of life, made immense contributions to traditional medicinal systems like Ayurveda and Siddha.  organiser.org/india-news/ker…

Listen to "TCY Speaks: #DecolonizingYoga (Clubhouse Edition)" by TCY Speaks. ⚓ anchor.fm/the-curvy-yogi… #Yoga #Podcasts

clubhouse.com/join/the-curvy… 'Christian friendly #Ayurveda' seems to be the next best thing to appropriate an indigenous system of medicine & healing. What is it anyway?! Join Luvena & Savira Gupta in this very powerful discussion to #DecolonizeAyurveda! #decolonialdialogues

“TCY Speaks - Christian-friendly Ayurveda?! 🥴 Let's Talk!!!“ with The Curvy Yogi, Savira Gupta moderated by Fiona Martin. Tomorrow at 19:30 on @clubhouse! clubhouse.com/event/Mwk5RZqA #Ayurveda #DecolonizeAyurveda #ClubhouseIndia

Got this #Hinduphobic email from Navatman newsletter this morning, where they claim that Mahabharata is NOT HINDU. They make money thru donations and ticket sales as they present themselves as a Cultural organization, based in NYC and perform Bharatnatyam based on Mahabharata.

Even Mahabharata a seminal text for Hindus is NOT HINDU. This dance company uses Bharatnatyam an art form deeply rooted in Natya Shastras (a Hindu text written by Bharata Muni) to sell tickets for $50-$100. They have even won awards. I was in fact very proud of them until now.

This is how appropriation works. The West pushes #Hinduphobia by saying that Hinduism is inherently castist/patriarchal/anti-social and instead of challenging it our own people decide to erase Hinduism in order to make money.

I wrote about this in regards to Yoga Appropriation for Shaktitva Foundation . It applies here too. Their audience gets an exotified show but isn't comfortable with Hinduism so we get erased. They want knowledge but not the Hindu. shaktitva.org/blog/2021/6/21…

As defined by Understanding Hinduphobia here is the part of the #Hinduphobia Definition that applies. understandinghinduphobia.org/working-defini…

Unpacking this today in our #Clubhouse conversation on 'Christian-friendly Ayurveda' #Ayurveda Join us today 1930 IST / 0700 PT / 1000 ET clubhouse.com/event/Mwk5RZqA

Just over an hour to go!!! “TCY Speaks - Christian-friendly Ayurveda?! 🥴 Let's Talk!!!“. Today at 19:30 India | 0700 PT | 1000 ET on @clubhouse! clubhouse.com/event/Mwk5RZqA #Ayurveda #Decolonization

“TCY Speaks: Sleep & Radical Rest“ with The Curvy Yogi, Savira Gupta, Fiona Martin. Today at 19:30 on @clubhouse! clubhouse.com/event/mZJyK9Vw #Ayurveda #Rest #Clubhouse