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DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Australia, Fariha Roisin-a Bangladeshi Muslim-struggled to 
 fit in. In her attempts to assimilate, she distanced herself from her South 
 Asian heritage and identity. Years later, living in the United States, she 
 realized that the customs, practices, and even food of her native culture 
 that had once made her different-everything from ashwagandha to prayer-were 
 now being homogenized and marketed for good health, often at a premium by 
 white people to white people. \n\nAn acclaimed writer and poet, Fariha's 
 latest book Who Is Wellness For? explores the way in which the progressive 
 health industry has appropriated and commodified global healing traditions. 
 She reveals how wellness culture has become a luxury good built on the 
 wisdom of Black, brown, and Indigenous people while both ignoring and 
 excluding them. \n\nExamining wellness practices from meditation to the 
 physiology of trauma, Fariha explores the fraught relationship between the 
 self-care industrial complex and its importance. She argues that if we 
 truly want to be well, we must be invested in everyone's well-being and 
 shift toward nurturance culture. We must confront the imbalance in health 
 and healing and carve a path towards self-care that is inclusionary for 
 all. \n\nJoin Fariha in a conversation exploring the commodification and 
 appropriation of wellness through the lens of social justice and providing 
 resources to help anyone participate in self-care regardless of race, 
 identity, socioeconomic status, or able-bodiedness.\n\nFree, suggested 
 donation of $10.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/07/18850299.php
SUMMARY:Who is Wellness For?
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/07/18850299.php
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