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Being a Chinese yoga teacher in London

Yoga is booming in China, a country with its own rich and unique cultural and spiritual traditions. Shuntao Li, a Chinese yoga teacher now living in the UK, tells OM how these traditions have influenced and shaped her own practice.

What I find interesting in yoga with my Chinese background

I was born in China in the 80s. When I was little, there was a regular yoga show on TV, taught by a lady called Huilan Zhang. She always dressed in incredibly bright colours and wore a floral wreath, like a Hawaiian lei. The most memorable thing about her is her strong Cantonese

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