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> Yoga teachers in the West, however, mix pseudo-scientific or New Age BS into their practice ("unite the chakras", "harness your inner goddess", "elevate your
by rolha-capoeira 7y ago
> Yoga teachers in the West, however, mix pseudo-scientific or New Age BS into their practice ("unite the chakras", "harness your inner goddess", "elevate your spirit") to make themselves be seen as being more than fitness instructors.
You're right about the author's point, but this is a gross generalization and is unfairly dismissive of a lot of different practices that people find personally beneficial.
- EdwardDiego 7y agoPeople can find any belief system, no matter how unfounded in reality, personally beneficial, look at Scientology. Doesn't mean it's based on anything coherent or real.
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- aarpmcgee 7y agoWhen the word "real" is used as it is here, I sense that it often has nothing to do with reality, and more to do with some kind of arbitrary consensus-reality-concept, which may or may not have anything to do with reality. This is useful insofar as it allows me personally to occasionally "fiddle with the knobs" on my own perspective, which is easier to do when I don't actually believe in it.
- notatoad 7y agothe whole article is unfairly dismissive of a lot of different practices that people find personally beneficial. I'm sure there's at least a few staff and customers of Peloton who feel better about themselves because the company mission statement says they're "selling happiness", or people at spotify who like to think they're "unlocking human creativity". Talking about uniting the chakras or elevating your spirit is feel-goodery on exactly the same level.
- inimino 7y agoWhen people use the term "technobabble" it doesn't mean they are shitting on the entire field of technology, either.