In my mind these two cannot be connected in any way but apparently, the reality is different. The Guardian has just published an interesting piece about the topic. Link below.

My very first yoga teacher was an Indian guy in Hungary, chosen consciously, and thinking about it, it must have been a smaller miracle to find him. We are not a diverse country. There are not many people of colour amongst yoga teachers.

Then in London, I found a small yoga studio led by a Caribbean-British couple. It wasn’t a conscious choice but I am glad it happened. Now I know, it was an other ‘curio’.

Later, returning to Hungary, I only met yoga teachers whose focus was either on their income or their look. Well, now I know one yoga teacher in my country whose focus is to help but he is also increasingly turning away from this world, trying to create his own.

Now in London again, I am back in the small studio, which is not so small anymore and it might have changed owners too over the years. Teachers are plenty, and thankfully, a diverse crowd. The students though are almost all white. Of course I am not there on every class, but it’s noticeable when a non-white person enters the room. It’s rare.

I don’t know the reasons, I am not qualified to discuss it, I can only share my observations and share that in my view, the current situation is a shame. Be it in the UK or elsewhere. And that someone who visits a yoga studio leaves the room when sees a non-white teacher, is incomprehensible. The western world of yoga is in a much bigger trouble than I thought it is in.

Read the article here.