Bhakti: A Practice of Sacred Resilience

A Book Talk with Anjali Rao, author of Yoga as Embodied Resistance

Bhakti as a liberatory praxis calls for a radical, intimate, loving  devotionality with the Sacred. Practiced by millions, it revolutionized South Asian cultures, disrupting and re-shaping caste and gender hierarchies.

Anjali Rao is the author of Yoga As Embodied Resistance: A Feminist Lens on Caste, Gender and Sacred Resilience in Yoga history. In this event, she shares from her book, and leads us into an exploration of the three very different Bhakti traditions, highlighting stories from different time periods in yoga history.

This session includes lecture, small group discussion and a book signing (for those interested). Books are sold at The Bhakti Yoga Movement Center while supplies last.

Please bring:

• A yoga mat/blanket

• Comfortable clothing

• An open heart

Dates/Times:

Saturday, March 21st

1:00pm - 4:00pm PST

In-person + Livestream

For livestream participation:

Please note, if you sign up for the livestream format you will be zooming into the in-person event. A TA will track your comments and questions in Zoom and relay them to Anjali.

Investment

$60

Register

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Fragrance Notice

Our studio is a fragrance-free zone. Please avoid wearing or using scented products at the studio. Natural and synthetic scents such as essential oils and scented personal care products, laundry detergents, and perfumes cause debilitating symptoms for some of our community members. Thank you for being a part of creating a more accessible space.

About Anjali Rao (she/her)

Anjali Rao 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 the link between politics and yoga. She is on the faculty of multiple yoga teacher training programs.

She is currently pursuing a PhD student in Philosophy and Religion in California Institute of Integral Studies.Her book, Yoga As Embodied Resistance: A Feminist Lens in Caste, Gender And Sacred Resilience in Yoga History, North Atlantic Books is available from October 14, 2025.