john friend

March 7, 2012

Grounding Anusara 3: intimacy, methods, therapy, and making it open-source

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.
February 24, 2012

Grounding Anusara

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.