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When Cultural Appropriation Concerns Challenge Your Spiritual Practice

My teenage daughter rolls her eyes at my yoga practice and calls it privileged white lady nonsense and I can't argue with her even though it genuinely helps me. I feel like a fraud.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Genuine benefit from borrowed traditions can coexist with valid questions about cultural exploitation and privilege.

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