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When families discover their spiritual practices may be cultural appropriation

Our family has been practicing yoga together for years but my teenage daughter just learned about yoga's Hindu roots and is accusing us of appropriation while my mother insists it's just exercise — we're divided and our shared practice that used to unite us now feels loaded.

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A family's embodied spiritual routine is being questioned from within, forcing them to examine whether their sacred practice is actually harm.

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