Those who leave or escape from high-demand yoga groups seem to reorganize through two successive demographic splits. The first split separates out those who must ghost […]
I was honoured to be contacted by Giada Consoli with the following questions related to her graduate work on contemporary yoga culture. She is an Ashtanga […]
1. In yoga it is obvious that economies of scale obstruct relationship. Go big or go home? I’ll go home, thank you very much. Let’s think smaller.
2. Transglobal corporations need definable and saleable products. A Yoga Method with “Universal Principles†works well for its marketing, as we have seen. But a product is not therapy.
The Anusara situation reminds me of some of the greatest insights of Baudrillard and Foucault. 1. The spectacle of power always conceals a lack. 2. The clothes of the emperor amplify his nakedness.