Matthew Remski

Este libro profundiza en un inquietante fenómeno: los influencers que corrompen la espiritualidad y el bienestar de la new age con políticas paranoicas, difundiendo bulos sobre las vacunas, historias sobre el trafico de niños y descabelladas teorias conspirativas.Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, surgio una tendencia alarmante en redes sociales: instructores de yoga e influencers de medicina alternativa publicaban historias sobre una conspiracion secreta mundial empeñada en controlar a la poblacion con una vacuna genocida. Cuentas que antes ofrecian recetas de batidos verdes y poemas se convirtieron en fuentes inagotables de enlaces a Fox News, memes de 4chan y profecias sobre la transformacion global.Desde 2020, los autores de este libro han utilizado su podcast Conspirituality para exponer la interseccion entre los profesionales de la medicina alternativa y los troles conspirativos de extrema derecha, revelando las locuras, los fraudes, las estafas y las sectas que dominan las esferas de la new age y el bienestar, que traicionan la confianza de tantas personas que buscan un alivio genuino en esta epoca de incertidumbre.

Grounded in investigative research and real survivor stories, Surviving Modern Yoga uncovers the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by Ashtanga yoga leader Pattabhi Joisand reckons with the culture, structures, and mythos that enabled it.The revised edition of Practice and All is Coming from Conspirituality co-host Matthew RemskiYoga culture sells well-meaning westerners the full package: physical health, good vibes, and spiritual growth. Here, investigative journalist Matthew Remski explores how cultic dynamics, institutional self-interest, and spiritualized indifference collude to obscure the truth: Harm happens in plain sight.Through in-depth interviews, insider analysis, and Remskis own history with high-demand groups, Surviving Modern Yoga brings to light how were each susceptible to cult abuse and exploitation. He shows how, with the right kind of situational vulnerability and the wrong kind of guru, the ideas we hold close about ourselveslike It wouldnt happen to me or Id speak up for victimsfail to protect us.Remski reckons with his own complicity in spiritual power dynamics, and shares how a process of disillusionment allowed him to recognize harm. He does the same for readers, peeling back the veneer of yoga marketing to reveal the abuse, assault, and silencing perpetrated against seekers who trusted Jois as a mentor, their gurujieven a father figure. Each survivor speaks in their own words, on their own terms, reclaiming agency against an insular, in-group culture that enabled a charismatic leaders devastating harmand positioned him as its only remedy.Surviving Modern Yoga also includes practical tools to help readers: Understand how high-demand groups trap would-be targets Evaluate their own situational vulnerabilities Learn to listen for loaded, red-flag language Cultivate their literacy of cult tactics

How to talk with kids about fascismand what you can do about it"This book is a parents trusted companion through roiling political waters, and just in time. A skillful, urgent and loving intervention. Naomi Klein, author of DoppelgangerFrom Conspirituality co-host Matthew Remski: A timely, bold, and necessary guide for parents who want to fight the rise of fascism and right-wing extremismstarting at home.From hit shows like Adolescence to hand-wringing pieces in The Atlantic, were being told that todays boys are not ok. The algorithm feeds manosphere content straight to their screens. Brofluencers sell alpha answers to complex problems. And far-right radicalization is at a fever pitch.But if theres a crisis among young people in 2026, it wont be solved by talking about them. We should be talking to them: about their needs, their fears, the world theyre inheritingand what they can do about it. We also need to get clear about why fascism appeals, and why it doesnt get anyone closer to real friendship, belonging, empowerment, or self-worth. How, despite what the manosphere tells them, its the opposite of cool.Conspirituality co-host Matthew Remski explores 12 urgent conversations for antifascist homes. He breaks down complex ideas in age-appropriate ways to help families understand: The cultural, political, and economic landscape were inand why the alt-right mirror world is so seductive to this generation of young people Body-based tools and emotional regulation techniques to help kids ground their nervous systems Strategies for practical community defense, moral courage, and defining your own role in antifascism How to stand with marginalized classmates and scapegoated communities The intersections of capitalism, fascism, cult dynamics, and schoolyard politics Why fear-based, authoritarian, or condescending parenting styles backfire What antifascism has to do with equity, ethics, and belongingand why its relevant to discussions of porn, consent, intimacy, embodiment, and gender This book is written from Remskis own perspective as a dad. It will resonate with parents and kids of all genders, but it hits especially hard for parents of boysthe kids most actively targeted by alt-right messaging, who must think hard about who they are within the system that makes them; about who they will stand with in dangerous times; and about what they need to learn to create safety, care, and community.

Este libro profundiza en un inquietante fenómeno: los influencers que corrompen la espiritualidad y el bienestar de la new age con políticas paranoicas, difundiendo bulos sobre las vacunas, historias sobre el trafico de niños y descabelladas teorias conspirativas.Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, surgio una tendencia alarmante en redes sociales: instructores de yoga e influencers de medicina alternativa publicaban historias sobre una conspiracion secreta mundial empeñada en controlar a la poblacion con una vacuna genocida. Cuentas que antes ofrecian recetas de batidos verdes y poemas se convirtieron en fuentes inagotables de enlaces a Fox News, memes de 4chan y profecias sobre la transformacion global.Desde 2020, los autores de este libro han utilizado su podcast Conspirituality para exponer la interseccion entre los profesionales de la medicina alternativa y los troles conspirativos de extrema derecha, revelando las locuras, los fraudes, las estafas y las sectas que dominan las esferas de la new age y el bienestar, que traicionan la confianza de tantas personas que buscan un alivio genuino en esta epoca de incertidumbre.