Magnolia Zuniga at Magnolia Ayurveda
I speak to the places where women's bodies, voices & power have been taken. After 30 years inside yoga & wellness systems, including being one of 20 women worldwide certified to teach Ashtanga, I walked away when I saw the community protect power & profit over women's safety
I was recently on "Was I In A Cult?" podcast discussing all of it. My work exposes the systems that silence women, romanticize our pain, distort our bodies & call it "spirituality." I document institutional failures in real time & offer direct advice through "Dear Mags." I teach what truly brings us back to ourselves: Ayurveda rooted in embodiment rather than patriarchy, yoga without obedience or male authority & truth-telling as reclamation & repair
I'm a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, writer & former authorized Ashtanga teacher. Subscribe for Ayurveda, embodied medicine & systemic critique of yoga/wellness
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🎙️ Was I In A Cult podcast
Как умные женщины остаются в сектах: феминизм выбора и иллюзия власти
The Men of Ashtanga Yoga: On Male Complicity and Institutional Betrayal
Ashtanga's Accountability Panel Is Theater: Here's Why
How Yoga Communities Become Cults
When “Being Real” Becomes a Performance: the only rebellion left is silence.
Why Leaving Broken Systems Feels Impossible: My Ashtanga Story
Infantilization: The By-Product of Ashtanga’s Guru System
The Ashtanga Trap. Why Ashtanga Yoga Will Never Be Safe
5 Yoga Poses for Hot Flashes
5 Yoga Poses for Brain Fog with Brahmari & Nadi Shodhana Pranayama
Suyra Namaskara YouTube
5 Yoga Poses for Diabetes
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