MORE MEN ON THE MAT
There are so many good reasons why men might want to take up yoga…the most important thing is to start.
By Fenella Lindsell
As the number of yoga practitioners rises to new peaks each year (now estimated at around 300 million worldwide), the question still looms: why is yoga still perceived as a female-dominated engagement?
It seems obvious that contemporary yoga practice has never excluded male or other gendered participation, yet the figures show that 72% of yoga practitioners are women, even with men’s participation increasing by a reported 150% in the last decade.
Given that men are not being overtly excluded from the practice, there must be another reason for the lack of participation, so what is it, and why?
According to an Australian 2021 study by Cagas et al., men typically acknowledge the health advantages of yoga but tend to see the practice as feminine or femaledominant, and gender-related perceptions are shown to influence men’s decisions to partake in yoga. It is important to remember this study does not speak for all men, nor all cultures, but it does highlight some important points that will be tackled further in this article.
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