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“Why are 80% of yoga practitioners in North America white women?” asks Paul Bramadat, a half Indo-Trinidadian sociologist, longtime Ashtanga yoga practicioner and author of the new book "Yogalands."

Mar 28, 2025, 4:05 PM

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