Matthew found out that the late Marxist historian Michael Parenti went on a yoga retreat at the Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas. He clocked the BS immediately—unlike Matthew when he showed up in spaces like that decades later. Was political training the difference? 

Show Notes

Michael Parenti "The Political Uses of Religion" Denver, Colorado 4.18.87 

How a #MeToo Facebook Post Toppled a Yoga Icon | by Matthew Remski | GEN 

Shielded for Decades, a Leader of Sivananda Yoga Finally Comes Under Fire for Alleged Abuse | GEN

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