Philipp Dietachmair

Polonca Lovšin (SLO)

Mick Wilson

Archives of Forgetfulness

Dr Patrick Roberts is Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

Fascist Yoga - Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness Louis d’Heudières Philipp DietachmairThe weird and disturbing history of the cult of yoga The practice of yoga promises peace, self realisation and release, thanks to the power of its mystic Indian origins. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps away the half truths to tell a new origin story of the worlds first modern yogi a Californian escapologist who added some Hindu fairy dust to gym and circus exercises. Ever since, the world of yoga has been full of