Your inquiry is central to transformation.

Namaskara, I am Anjali Rao. Whether you’re typing questions on google or joining community spaces that have brave and tender discussion, I’m a firm believer that we move onwards by asking questions that move us into right action.

 
 

Upcoming events with Anjali Rao

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Upcoming events with Anjali Rao ~

 
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Yoga + Gender: Solidarity as a Practice for Collective Transformation
May 9
Yoga + Gender: Solidarity as a Practice for Collective Transformation

This 4 week comprehensive series delves into the dynamics of gender in yoga, through history to the present moment.

We will explore yoga history as it relates to ancient women, femme, and gender expansive folks through various mediums such as literature, art, and poetry. This inquiry will inform an exploration of the modern yoga context and best practices to cultivate liberation-oriented spaces. We will look at ways in which we practice cross sectional solidarity, and build authentic relationships across differences for collective transformation.

 
 
 
 

“Anjali paces it so well, articulates the ideas so well. I appreciate the lens she brings to the words; she brings them alive. I’m sorta sad already that we’re a quarter of the way through because this has been something I look forward to.”

WRITINGS & PRESS

 

“I had such a great time learning about the Sutras from Anjali! She had such a welcome, open space without any judgment about whether we were practicing them “perfectly” which encouraged me to want to learn them more!”

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

 

 

Accessible Yoga

Defining Yoga: Agency, Liberation & the Wisdom of Interconnectedness

 

Yoga Journal

Why I don’t celebrate International Yoga Day

 

Accessible Yoga

Yoga and Science: Offering a decolonized lens

 
 

Yoga International

How Casteism manifests in yoga spaces.

 

 

  • Anjali's Gita offering was an absolute delight,

    and it seemed like the whole class really was engaged and getting a lot out of it. I've had the pleasure of learning from Anjali quite a bit over the last year or so, and she really has a way of speaking and conveying information that is simultaneously accessible and very deep and clear.

  • From Patanjali Yoga Sutras Weekly Workshops

    I had such a great time learning about the Sutras from Anjali! She had such a welcome, open space without any judgment about whether we were practicing them "perfectly" which encouraged me to want to learn them more!

  • Anjali paces it so well, articulates the ideas so well.

    I appreciate the lens she brings to the words; she brings them alive. I'm sorta sad already that we're a quarter of the way through because this has been something I look forward to.

  • From the Patanjali Yoga Sutra Weekly Workshops

    Anjali has an incredible way of explaining both the richness/complexity of each sutra while making it also accessible and relevant and giving us practical ways to apply it to our everyday lives.

  • List of Workshops and Events

    Anjali brings a non patriarchal and intersectional lens, integrating the socio-political context of the times and invites inquiry into how we can apply the teachings on our mats, in our relationships, as dedicated yoga practitioners and in service to the challenges of the times.

    See all workshops

 
 
 

Anjali brings a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating yoga philosophy and history with storytelling, imagery and poetry.

She also offers critical insight into the Yoga stories and histories that have been obscured by Brahminism, heteropatriarchy and colonization .

She is an Indian American immigrant, a cancer survivor and believes that a dedicated practice of yoga in all its expansiveness can alchemize and heal the world by creating ripples of change within and around us. 

She is an aspiring writer, the host of The Love of Yoga podcast, President of the Board of Directors of Accessible Yoga, an international non profit organization dedicated to sharing the teachings and benefits of yoga with those who have been marginalized.