Why I Don’t Say Namaste In A Yoga Class

It’s not because I don’t honor the light in you

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I don’t say Namaste at the end of class because it does not mean, “the light in me honors the light in you.” We’ll get deeper into that in a bit, though.

I am a white, able-bodied woman.

It’s important that I acknowledge where I stand in this conversation before I…