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A yoga studio where Kaya teaches a group of foreigners. The walls are multi-colored, the floor is grass turf, and sunlight streams in through the open-air back wall.

Yoga Wasn’t Meant to Save the West

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Social Justice, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickApril 20, 2025Leave a comment

Yoga is often marketed as “India’s gift to the West.” This rhetoric masks a troubling truth – that yoga is an outgrowth of uniquely South Asian problems.

Ten Things I’ve Learned from Mycelium

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickSeptember 1, 2023Leave a comment

I am a massive mycophile—that is, I’m obsessed with mushrooms!

The Truth About Birthright Israel- Part Two

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Social Justice, TravelBy Kaya MallickApril 19, 20232 Comments

Is a free ten-day trip all it takes for young people to overlook human rights violations?

Let the Good Times Roll

Arts & Theater, Environmental Sustainability, Food, Travel, UncategorizedBy Kaya MallickSeptember 28, 2022Leave a comment

Did you know that there are no open container laws in New Orleans?

11 Quirks of Seattle

Environmental Sustainability, Fitness, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickAugust 27, 2022Leave a comment

I recently moved to Seattle and it has taken every single one of my feeble brain cells to figure out this city.

16.5 Things to See & Do in Central New Mexico

Arts & Theater, Food, TravelBy Kaya MallickMarch 24, 2022Leave a comment

The final chapter in my four-part road trip saga, and my final destination: New Mexico!

Country Roads

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickFebruary 2, 20221 Comment

I was a bit wary of venturing into the American South alone…

Historical States of America

Arts & Theater, Food, TravelBy Kaya MallickDecember 22, 2021Leave a comment

A lot of people were surprised to hear that I embarked upon my cross-country road trip alone.

Magical Midwest

Arts & Theater, Environmental Sustainability, Fitness, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickNovember 24, 20211 Comment

I’ve been roadtripping 🙂

Non-Bacchanalian Things to Do in Vegas

Arts & Theater, Food, TravelBy Kaya MallickAugust 16, 20214 Comments

Does anyone else ever get the urge to escape?

© Kaya T Mallick
2025
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