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Anjali Rao

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Anjali Rao is an author, yoga educator and practitioner. She brings an intersectional and decolonial feminist lens to the study of philosophy and yoga history integrating storytelling, art and poetry. Emphasizing an embodied approach, her work interrogates essentialism of contemporary trans-national yoga and deconstructs the dynamics between caste, gender, nationalism and colonialism. She is on the faculty of multiple yoga teacher training programs- her areas of specialization includes Yoga Histories, Bhakti as Praxis and Movement and The Politics of Yoga. Growing up in Bangalore, India, Anjali has also studied and practiced Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Odissi and considers dance as her foremost connection with the sacred. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Philosophy and Religion in California Institute of Integral Studies in the Women’s Spirituality Department that focuses on the intersections of feminist, religious, philosophical, and indigenous thought. Her book, Yoga As Embodied Resistance: A Feminist Lens in Caste, Gender And Sacred Resilience in Yoga History, North Atlantic Books is available for pre-order, and available from October 14, 2025.
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