I’ve been a fan of Yoga for a long time, starting in the late 90’s as I started doing it to get an edge over my opponents on the mat in BJJ.

In general I found Yoga useful and regenerative, although at times I really had to turn off my ears and ignore the quantum woo gobbledygook emanating from the mouth of some newly minted graduate of the latest teacher training program.

But recently some of the messaging in the Yoga and wellness community has mutated from kookie psychobabble to actively undermining science, medicine, physiology and virology while we are in the middle of a pandemic.

In episode 291 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I talk in depth about all of this with author, Yoga instructor and podcaster Derek Beres. We dive into cult dynamics, Q-Anon, the intersection between left wing Yoga culture and right wing conspiracy theory, the increasing levels of social division that heavily undermine our ability to respond to crises, and the corrosion of truth and facts.

Unfortunately I see many parallels between what’s happening in the Yoga community and what’s happening … Continue reading Cults and Conspiracies in the Yoga, Wellness, and BJJ Communities, a Podcast with Derek Beres