Surviving modern yoga Cult dynamics, charismatic leaders, and what survivors can teach us
Book - 2024
"An examination of the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by Ashtanga yoga leader Pattabhi Jois and the culture, structures, and mythos that enabled it, grounded in investigative research and real survivor stories"--
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Berkeley, CA :
North Atlantic Books
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xlviii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9798889840107
- Content Notice
- Foreword
- Preface To Fhe Second Edition
- "I'm Not Even Sure He Knew My Name"
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Learning To Listen
- That Time I Silenced My Friend
- Recognition And Denial, Outside And Inside
- Preempting Denial, Nurturing Recognition
- Chapter 2. Two Survivor Stories
- Isolation And The Personal Sphere
- The Yogi Who Disappeared
- A Mutual Friend, A Shared Story
- Personal Pain, Structural Harm
- Chapter 3. Developing Discernment
- "No One Joins A Cult"
- Deception And Its Role In "Bounded Reality"
- Listening To Mysoreans
- Yoga Beliefs, Yoga Marketing, Yoga Knowledge
- The Strange Case Of The Yoga Korunta
- On The Antiquity Of "Vinyasa" And The Sequences
- Is Ashtanga Yoga A Parampara?
- Teaching That Flows From One Empty Vessel To Another
- Parampara As "Intimate Bond"
- Are Adjustments "Traditional"?
- "Tradition" And "Force"
- The "Mula Bandha Adjustment," Or Sex That Is Not Sex
- "Openings," Or Rationalizing Injury And Intrusion
- "Yoga Therapy"
- "Practice And All Is Coming"
- The Conundrum Of Pain, Therapy, And Transcendence
- The Deception Of Guruji
- Chapter 4. Disorganized Attachments
- To Review
- Cult Analysis Models: "Deception, Dependence, Dread Of Leaving"
- Cult Analysis: Heart And Micro-Moments
- Attachment Theory Primer
- My Experience At Endeavor Academy (2000-03)
- Familial Projections
- Disorganized Attachments: Quotes From Ashtanga Materials
- Chapter 5. A Long Shadow. Brightening
- Bargaining With History And The Present
- Alleged Assaults, Following A Pattern
- Jois's Echo In The Culture Of Implied Consent
- Legitimizing Intimacy And Intensity In The Next Generation
- Bargaining At An Ashtanga Conference
- Struggling To Listen
- Listening
- Chapter 6. Better Practices And Safer Spaces: Conclusion And Workbook
- "Networks Of Empowerment"
- Better Practices: Personal Skills
- The Prism Model
- Safer Spaces: Tools And Strengths In A Post-Lineage World
- Appendix A. Transcript Of T.M. Interview
- Appendix B. Interviewees' Stories
- Appendix C. Request To Kpjayi For An Apology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About The Author