{"product_id":"9798889840107","title":"Surviving Modern Yoga","description":"\u003cb\u003eGrounded in investigative research and real survivor stories, \u003ci\u003eSurviving Modern Yoga\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by Ashtanga yoga leader Pattabhi Jois—and reckons with the culture, structures, and mythos that enabled it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe revised edition of \u003ci\u003ePractice and All is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e from Conspirituality co-host Matthew Remski\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoga culture sells well-meaning westerners the full package: physical health, good vibes, and spiritual growth. Here, investigative journalist Matthew Remski explores how cultic dynamics, institutional self-interest, and spiritualized indifference collude to obscure the truth: Harm happens in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough in-depth interviews, insider analysis, and Remski’s own history with high-demand groups, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurviving Modern Yoga\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light how we’re each susceptible to cult abuse and exploitation. He shows how, with the right kind of situational vulnerability and the wrong kind of guru, the ideas we hold close about ourselves—like \u003ci\u003eIt wouldn’t happen to me\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eI’d speak up for victims\u003c\/i\u003e—fail to protect us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemski reckons with his own complicity in spiritual power dynamics, and shares how a process of disillusionment allowed him to recognize harm. He does the same for readers, peeling back the veneer of yoga marketing to reveal the abuse, assault, and silencing perpetrated against seekers who trusted Jois as a mentor, their \u003ci\u003eguruji\u003c\/i\u003e—even a father figure. Each survivor speaks in their own words, on their own terms, reclaiming agency against an insular, in-group culture that enabled a charismatic leader’s devastating harm—and positioned him as its only remedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurviving Modern Yoga \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ealso includes practical tools to help readers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand how high-demand groups trap would-be targets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluate their own situational vulnerabilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn to listen for loaded, red-flag language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivate their literacy of cult tactics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Matthew Remski (CA)","offers":[{"title":"North Atlantic Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-05-14","offer_id":44663248388351,"sku":"9798889840107","price":31.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_501d07b8-b2fd-4af2-8551-33fd6d6f2355.jpg?v=1704600789","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798889840107","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}