The Reenchantment of Yoga — J. Brown Yoga
In the more than decade-long history of this blog, I have never experienced more blocks in my writing practice than I have in the last year. Inspiration has been in short supply. I question whether this meditation on words that once provoked fruitful inquiry in me and its readers has lost its relevance. The reason I started this was so I could say whatever I wanted about yoga without censor and, frankly, I am frightened by how inhibited I feel to stay true to that. This coincides with what seems to me a crucial fork in the road for the future of yoga in western culture. Will the wisdom and tools of our ancestors that allow us to more readily hear the songs of nature, that harmonize our systems and environment, be completely lost to a reductionist materialism that repurposed them as fitness regimes? Or will we once again recognize the animistic context in which we live and embody the practices that are our birthright? Commercialization was just a symptom. Many times I have lament...