Yoga and wellness culture presented itself as being educated by virtue of being spiritual. It confused politics with good intentions. Worst of all, it promoted the attitude that the common good could be served not through concrete activism, or by engaging with the details of public policy. People could change the world, it taught, through private practices, and by personally contemplating ancient moral edicts. It was a proud, aspirational culture that thought it had shared values, until the shit hit the fan.
