The Chai Sessions: The Yoga Manifesto with Nadia Gilani

Nadia Gilani is an author, yoga teacher and former news journalist. Her book, The Yoga Manifesto, is what brought us together to chat. Plus she’ll be coming to visit us here at Merchant City Yoga next month!

For me, Nadia's book is a call to action. An open honest look at modern yoga, how we engage with it and integrate it into our lives. Nadia says, "without action the yoga isn't working... we have to engage in the world."

"How can I use the practice?"

"What can I do right now with what is in front of me?"

"In a world of inevitable suffering, what can I do to find peace?"

"What am I doing to promote peace in the world?"

Another thing I really appreciated about Nadia's book is that she talks about how yoga hasn't always been the answer. Yoga has helped her through some tough times in her life but she also says that sometimes it didn't. Sometimes it just didn't work and she talks about why.