God and Sex: Religion Made Useful and a Deep Reckoning with Sexual Abuse in New Zealand Churches | Mark Whitwell

“All across the world, powerful men high up within the hierarchies teach and practice misog- yny — women are still taught that they are second to men and that women’s independence of mind and sexuality is lesser. Men are still deprived of the feminine and enacting their repression in sexually abuse”-from God and Sex: Now We Get Both (2019) | Mark Whitwell
“The reality of misogyny, homophobia, and sexual violence that is rife across all temple religions stands in stark contrast to the beautiful spiritual ideals that the priests themselves promote and which churchgoers find sincere inspiration in.”-from God and Sex: Now We Get Both (2019) | Mark Whitwell
Through all of this, one thing is true: Sex is completely natural, and we can carve out a path of intimacy and sexual wisdom for ourselves because it is natural. Sexual abuse and predator priests will soon become a thing of the past | Mark Whitwell
“There are no steps to be taken. We can move through life with the understanding that life is about participation in the given reality and not about a painful, long-term, arduous project of self-improvement. We do not have to struggle to attain a relationship with nature, life, or God, to relate in a particular way, or to attain any kind of ‘higher’ or better state, as if we are somehow not in relatedness already!”-from God and Sex: Now We Get Both | Mark Whitwell
Students speak about their experience of discovering the yogas of participation | Mark Whitwell | Heart of Yoga

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Mark Whitwell has worked as a Yoga teacher around the world for the last 45 years and is the author of 4 books on Yoga. He lives in Fiji with his wife Rosalind.

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Mark Whitwell

Mark Whitwell has worked as a Yoga teacher around the world for the last 45 years and is the author of 4 books on Yoga. He lives in Fiji with his wife Rosalind.