Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Monday, April 09, 2007

A great article

on the perversion of an ancient practice to fit in with our fast-food, instant gratificiation, self-centered culture:

The Hostile New Age Takeover of Yoga

"There's nothing worse than narcissism posing as humilty."

1 comment:

Polaris said...

(sigh) I like yoga. It is a calming both physically and mentally. As I lack a studio or class within a reasonable distance, I have enough instructional videos and dvds to open my own ashram.

What kills me is when one company - that does some good videos - provides it's own "boutique yoga" equipment, charging outrageous prices for the same quality I can get at the nearest Canadian Tire.
However, "New Age" has become synonomous with "Overpriced, trendoid and air-headed". However as P.T. Barnum has said "there is a sucker born every minute."

To this truth I will add, "There will always be bozos among us."