Google yoga images and you’ll find a sea of thin, white women who look as if the road rises to greet them. Their bodies are ideologically perfect. Their yoga attire and accessories are meticulous.

Yoga originated in India over 4,000 years ago and has become extremely popular in Western societies. In the U.S. alone, nearly 37 million adults reported practicing yoga within the past six months.

So this feature was nearly finished, with a completely different opening, when a woman I had just met at a party asked what I did for a living. I explained that I taught yoga and worked as a writer.

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Source: javiindy/Depositphoto Yoga is an ancient practice of philosophy and movement that originated in India thousands of years ago (Uebelacker et al., 2021) and was introduced to the U.S. in 1893 ...

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Caroline Igo (she/her/hers) was a wellness editor at CNET and holds Sleep Science Coach and Stress Management certificates from the Spencer Institute. She received her bachelor's degree in creative ...