#088 Yoga: Ancient Practice, Modern Wellness, and the Fight for Meaning
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#088 Yoga: Ancient Practice, Modern Wellness, and the Fight for Meaning
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Yoga is often treated today as fitness, wellness, flexibility, and stress relief, but its history begins somewhere much deeper: as a spiritual discipline built around liberation, ego-dissolution, breath, body, and consciousness.
This episode looks at yoga’s transformation from ancient Indian practice to global wellness industry, tracing how colonialism, Indian nationalism, Western consumer culture, medical science, and self-optimization reshaped its meaning. Along the way, it explores what was preserved, what was simplified, and what was lost as yoga moved across borders and became a multi-billion-dollar global phenomenon.
We get into the tension between sacred tradition and modern wellness, the clinical evidence around yoga’s benefits, comparisons to practices like Pilates and Qigong, and the ongoing debate around cultural appropriation and reclamation. This is a story about the body as a site of healing, commerce, identity, and spiritual memory.
Follow along for the next deep dive.
Stay curious.
