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Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance

Jessamyn Stanley’s YOKE: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance takes readers on an autobiographical journey to self-acceptance in a series of deeply honest essays. Stanley explores everything from her path to body liberation and her struggle with imposter syndrome to the limitations she has come to see in yoga culture—consumerism, cultural appropriation, raci...show more

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208 pages

Average rating: 7.45

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Anonymous
Feb 27, 2024
6/10 stars

At first this seemed like a very fresh read and I really liked it. It began with a lot of experience and advice on yoga and what it actually is and how beyond just postures it is. It made me feel like it is not so hard and I can actually try it with a different approach.


Somewhere around the middle of this book though I started really disliking it. The language was very nice and I learned some new vocabulary, but from time to time suddenly there ...read more

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