Writing about what she calls the yoga of the everyday - which is not just about poses but about applying the hard lessons we learn on the mat to the even harder daily project of living -Yoke presents a series of deeply honest, funny, gritty, thoughtful, and largely autobiographical essays that explores the issues of race, self-love, capitalism, sex and sexuality, cannabis, and more.ģ6. 9781523505210 Yoke 36.6000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction /shop/books/non-fiction/education-reference /shop/books/non-fiction/biography-memoir Jessamyn Stanley's first book, Every Body Yoga, with 59,000 copies in print, taught us how to do yoga. Jessamyn explores the problems with American yoga as well as the benefits that remain available in an imperfect system. Writing about what she calls the yoga of the everyday - which is not just about poses but about applying the hard lessons we learn on the mat to the even harder daily project of living -Yoke presents a series of deeply honest, funny, gritty, thoughtful, and largely autobiographical essays that explores the issues of race, self-love, capitalism, sex and sexuality, cannabis, and more.ĭrawing its name from a literal translation of the Sanskrit root 'yuj,' from which the word 'yoga' derives, Yoke, invites every reader to find their own authentic 'yoga of the everyday,' and learn to handle life's toughest moments with the same flexibility, strength, grounding energy, and core awareness found in a headstand or Tadasana or cobra pose. Yoke reads like an intimate conversation, unafraid of social taboos or controversial topics. Jessamyn Stanley's first book, Every Body Yoga, with 59,000 copies in print, taught us how to do yoga. Writing about what she calls the yoga of the everyday - which is not just about poses but about applying the hard lessons we learn on the mat to the even harder daily project of living -Yoke presents a series of deeply honest, funny, gritty, thoughtful, and largely autobiographical essays that explores the issues of race, self-love, capitalis.

Yoke by jessamyn stanley