The Diversity Gap in UK Yoga: Outsider Perspectives (Emerald Points)

Yoga is a popular activity that can offer multiple health and wellbeing benefits.In the United Kingdom, it is even recommended to NHS patients as part of the social prescribing system.Although widely viewed as inclusive and accessible, yoga participation in high-income countries is socially uneven - with significant under-representation of marginalised groups.The Diversity Gap in UK Yoga: Outsider Perspectives argues that this lack of diversity in yoga reflects not only practical issues, but also deeper cultural and structural dynamics preventing participation for those who might benefit from it most. Drawing on rich qualitative research, Dr Sally SJ Brown examines the experiences of people who remain under-represented in yoga spaces, including individuals who are Black or Brown, disabled, older, or living in larger bodies.Uniquely applying an intersectional critical theory-based analysis, this book conceptualises yoga as a social institution, exploring how practical, perceptual, and c