What are the downstream effects of people being removed from their culture? What areas of culture directly contribute to health? How can non-Indian peoples, who practice yoga and meditation, minimize harm and avoid cultural appropriation? How can we tell the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation?
In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this video, Jill interviews Dr. Shailla Vaidya, a physician and yoga therapist. Dr. Vaidya examines the harmful results of removing people from their culture and community practices. She focuses on what unifies us, not what divides us - realizing the moral obligation to fight for justice. Dr. Vaidya talks about the value in the change of perspective to help individuals know what and how to fix what’s broken in our current system.
Dr. Shailla Vaidya, MD MPH CCFP(EM) C-IAYT is a Physician/Yoga Therapist practicing Mind-Body Medicine in Toronto, Ontario. She is the creator of the Yoga of Stress Resilience Burnout Recovery Program, and the Reconnect Concussion program, both of which combine the path of yoga with the science of human function for healing and recovery. As a “Compassion-it” Change Agent, she is effecting change within the health care system by healing our healers and by bringing a more holistic approach to the management of stress-related illnesses. She is also dedicated to bringing Yoga back to its roots in Eastern Philosophy.
Check out her website: https://www.theyogamd.ca/
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