lactomancer:

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lactomancer: lookatthewords: youcantroamwithoutcaesar: provocativegymnastics: lolwhitefeelings: chai-tea-fountain: weightloss-getfit: tigersfitlife: I need to travel NOW LMAO what the heck is this. White girl doing yoga in impoverish places in a different country is inspiring how?? Those kids should have mobbed her. white ppl stay doing incredibly useless shit I’m calling a moratorium on whiteness I even know how to interpret this? Jus no How the hell is this cute????? It’s not. She’s a Russian yoga teacher who lived and taught classes in India. This is her job. Those kids are probably some of her students or possibly just kids who lived in the area where she did. Chill the fuck out. http://yogintours.blogspot.in/ Yeah. Glad you agree it isn’t cute. For one, yoga is an aspect of Hinduism. So is she desi? No? Then contrary to popular belief wishful thinking, this is cultural appropriation. So yes, White people doing this shit is definitely not cute. And hey I can post links too. I also recommend you talk to this blog, as she can tell it better than me. In short, YOU chill the fuck out. I’m smh at you. The only thing redeemable about this picture is that not-in-her-home girl isn’t wearing a bindi. Unfollow me pls thanks.

Gladly.

This chick has studied an art that she has admired her entire life and got good enough at it to teach it to the children of the country she learned it from. She went to fucking school and got certified to be doing what she is doing. It is her culture and her way of life. That’s not appropriating. Appropriating means she is bastardizing something so she can capitalize on it. She’s in no way taking away the meaning of her yoga nor is she doing it to get rich/popular/etc. She’s not “white-saviouring” or disrespecting the people by trying to be them. She is simply doing yoga and teaching it AUTHENTICALLY. Fuck you if you think there is something wrong with that. Her being Russian has no effect on her ability to learn, do, and teach yoga.

And what is this “not in her home” bull shit. Who the fuck gave you the right to decide where anybody in this world belongs except yourself? Oh right. Not a god damn person. You’e the one that is out of line.