Charismatic Abuse – Page 19

January 5, 2018

Faith in Yogaland (a work in progress)

I have to ask every day: what's my responsibility, with this strange platform, cobbled together out of critique? I spend half of my working life burning the roof. How do I show the less visible work of those I admire, in the clay and mud, shoring up foundations?

November 30, 2017

Pro-tips for Yoga/Spiritual Abuse Gaslighters

Remember: you got exactly what you needed from that teacher/guru/organization. It/they transformed you. Don't let any victim or their snowflake victim mentality take that from you. Nobody can disempower you.

October 21, 2017

The Guru Actually Hates You, and You Actually Hate Him

The Guru May Actually Hate You, and You May Actually Hate Him

They begin to regard their students as idiots, children, incompetents. They begin to loathe them not only for their immaturity, but even more intensely because they are dependent on that immaturity, that devotion, for their daily bread. They're trapped.

October 10, 2017

Whiplash Is a Terrible Movie

I loathed the movie Whiplash. If you haven’t seen it, I’ll spoil it for you here. An embittered genius jazz band conductor for an elite New […]