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Taking the parts you like from something and leaving the parts you do not is not cultural appropriation. Any culture can redefine anything they want from other

Taking the parts you like from something and leaving the parts you do not is not cultural appropriation. Any culture can redefine anything they want from other cultures. Just like most western yoga studios are LGBTQ friendly and many Hindus are not.

rocknor 5y ago
> Just like most western yoga studios are LGBTQ friendly and many Hindus are not. That is false. Please don't spread this myth. The homophobia is mostly a social hangover from colonial times. Steps are being taken to change that, and it should go away with time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_religion#Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_religion#Hin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India https://time.com/5918808/homophobia-homosexuality-lgbt-asian-values/ https://time.com/5918808/homophobia-homosexuality-lgbt-asian... https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/11/asia/british-empire-lgbt-rights-section-377-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/11/asia/british-empire-lgbt-...
- pcmoney 5y ago
  Glad it is improving but I don’t see how “many Hindus are not” is false? Also blaming pretty much everything bad on colonialism is a pretty tired excuse.
- amriksohata 5y ago
  100% correct @rocknor
amriksohata 5y ago
Well this reminds me of Superbrain yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwhpF9iJSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwhpF9iJSs Which guess what? Is just a variation of a Yoga move from India that the teachers used to give to improve cognition in children who were not focussing in class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murga_punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murga_punishment The idea is that squats or moving your head up and down rushes blood to your head. Further if you hold certain activation points like your ears whilst doing it, it activates certain parts of the brain that improve coordination and brain power. All ripped from Hinduism, what I suggest to those who love Yoga and feel they benefit from Yoga is explore the other types of Yoga mentioned in the Gita. After all, if the Rishis/Sages were right about Yoga, Hinduism is clearly onto something in the Gita about the other types of Yoga.

rocknor 5y ago

> Just like most western yoga studios are LGBTQ friendly and many Hindus are not. That is false. Please don't spread this myth. The homophobia is mostly a social hangover from colonial times. Steps are being taken to change that, and it should go away with time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_religion#Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_religion#Hin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India https://time.com/5918808/homophobia-homosexuality-lgbt-asian-values/ https://time.com/5918808/homophobia-homosexuality-lgbt-asian... https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/11/asia/british-empire-lgbt-rights-section-377-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/11/asia/british-empire-lgbt-...

pcmoney 5y ago
Glad it is improving but I don’t see how “many Hindus are not” is false? Also blaming pretty much everything bad on colonialism is a pretty tired excuse.
amriksohata 5y ago
100% correct @rocknor

amriksohata 5y ago

Well this reminds me of Superbrain yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwhpF9iJSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwhpF9iJSs Which guess what? Is just a variation of a Yoga move from India that the teachers used to give to improve cognition in children who were not focussing in class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murga_punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murga_punishment The idea is that squats or moving your head up and down rushes blood to your head. Further if you hold certain activation points like your ears whilst doing it, it activates certain parts of the brain that improve coordination and brain power. All ripped from Hinduism, what I suggest to those who love Yoga and feel they benefit from Yoga is explore the other types of Yoga mentioned in the Gita. After all, if the Rishis/Sages were right about Yoga, Hinduism is clearly onto something in the Gita about the other types of Yoga.