Australian Yoga Journal - April 2018

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letter

WHY Nude

YOGA

Girl?

PUTTING NUDE YOGA GIRL on the

cover has been a big risk for us.

We knew that some of our readers

would react negatively, and we

sympathise with this response

wholeheartedly. However, we did

it, along with the accompanying

story “Has Yoga Lost its Soul?”

to air debate, and because

we have a responsibility to

chronicle the changing face of

our beloved practice.

And changing it is. Seemingly

every week a whacky news story

appears about a new yogic

offshoot: stoned, goat, dog, nude,

drunk, horse, etc. And the ubiquity

of social media is changing how

yoga’s image and message is

disseminated and increasing

yoga’s global audience

exponentially. Is it a good thing? Is

it even yoga? As you’ll see in the

story on page 34, there are

multiple view points from some of

Australia’s most respected yogic

authorities, each one valid and

circumspect. And maybe that’s it.

Maybe there is no answer, no

definitive path. Just your path.

Your own unique journey to

devotion, bliss and ultimate union

with the divine. We hope that you

can see our intention has not

been to offend or in any way

besmirch the ancient and

venerable traditions of yoga, but

simply to record how yoga is

being practiced and perceived in

the wonderful world we live in

today. We have genuinely enjoyed

putting this passionate issue

together, and we hope you love

it as much as we do.

WITH GRATITUDE,

FROM ALL OF US AT

AUSTRALIAN YOGA JOURNAL

ISSUE NO 66. APRIL 2018