Articles written by Akiko Oncken

Akiko Oncken|Updated Oct 4, 2016

It is not uncommon these days to turn a page on a magazine or see in social media a photo of a woman posing in a yoga posture. The presence of yoga in the fitness industry, and the familiarity that a regular person may have with yoga, gives practitioners and teachers like me encouragement as it allows us to reach out to many for whom this practice could be transformative. However, current forms of advertising often risk distorting and limiting what a person's perspective might be about yoga to the point of making it seem... Full story