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Sheena Sood, PhD is a Philadelphia-based sociologist, writer, educator, and yoga teacher. Her research, “Omwashing Yoga: Weaponized Spirituality in India, Israel, and the US,” investigates the growing incorporation of yoga and mindfulness by far-right law enforcement, military, and vigilante groups. Sheena is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She has written for Jadaliyya, Race & Yoga Journal, and Colorlines. As an activist scholar, Sheena brings her research into praxis by curating “Decolonizing Yoga” workshops that challenge attendees to reckon with both yoga’s oppressive layers and liberatory potential. She is also the founder of Yoga Warrior Tales, an interactive adventure-based educational program that teaches children yoga and mindfulness through a social justice lens.