There isn’t much said about men and yoga. If you go to a yoga class, you might see a few men sprinkled in here and there. Personally, I’ve been doing yoga for more than seven years and I can’t recall ever seeing one black man in any classes that I’ve taken (I can count how many black women I’ve seen, but that’s another article for another day.)
The video above touched briefly on the topic and, of course, drummed up even more questions for me.
For instance, is yoga truly for black men? I mean, I know they practice yoga; my husband and son do so. I’ve also seen other yoga instructors and men on social media, but is it still taboo in the black community? Do black men know what yoga is and do they have access to it? Do they even want to do yoga? Are they aware of the benefits?
