wellness to alt-right pipeline

divine bullshit and the threat to feminism

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

The long read: It is sold as a force that can help us cope with the ravages of capitalism, but with its inward focus, mindful meditation may be the enemy of activism

Extreme right-wing views and the wellness community are not an obvious pairing, but ‘conspirituality’ is increasingly pervasive. How did it all become so toxic? By Eva Wiseman

In my day job, I monitor the spread of online disinformation and conspiracy theories. I never expected to find them at my yoga class

He’s one of Facebook’s most far-reaching celebrities. He’s also full of shit.

When the gurus on your block outnumber the tradespeople or teachers or artists, surely that’s a sign that the world has lost its footing. Because even as the guru seduces you with his wicked poetry…

At about the beginning of this decade, mass-market mindfulness rolled out of the Bay Area like a brand new app. Very much like an app, in fact.

McMindfulness is the new capitalist spirituality.

The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.