Article The Yoga of Critical Discourse

This article offers a comparative self-reflection on two seemingly disparate teaching practices: hatha yoga and critical social theories of education. As some have already discovered, the two enacted fields share many core principles and practices; deal with strikingly similar content; and are primarily self-reflective. As an instructor/facilitator of each, I find myself teaching practices and enacting teaching practices that are critical transformative. In this article, I explain how I use contemplative practices inmy teaching about contentious issues. In particular, I recognize how the ‘‘adjustments’ ’ that I make and the ‘‘home practice’ ’ that I assign in teaching philosophy of education, for example, parallels those I use in teaching hatha yoga. Finally, I describe howmy teaching enacts a yogic philosophy, making it a specific ethical practice. Keywords transformative pedagogy, social change, critical reflection This article offers a comparative self-reflection on two seemingly disparate teach-ing practices: hatha yoga and critical social theories of education. As some have already discovered, the two enacted fields share many core principles and prac-tices. They deal with strikingly similar content and are primarily self-reflective. As an instructor/facilitator of each, I find myself teaching practices and enacting teaching practices that are critical transformative. A thorough understanding o