Conspirituality: How Wellness Became a Gateway for Misinformation | CBS Reports

The wellness community has long embraced alternative approaches to health. But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the combination of a quest for answers, distrust of mainstream sources, influencers co-opting conspiratorial phrases and hashtags, and social media algorithms built to keep people scrolling created a perfect storm of misinformation. A new CBS Reports documentary, in the Reverb series, explores how for some, the yoga and wellness worlds became a gateway to conspiracy theories.
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[@311pique]

I really like this reporter. He's always so calmed and to the point

[@brianas444]

I had a “spiritual awakening” in 2019. Thought I was a starseed/light worker. My purpose was to heal my childhood trauma so that I could help awaken the world. I believed that Covid was a “plandemic” and that everyone else was blind and couldn’t see the bigger picture. I believed that it was loving of me to resist mask wearing and vaccines. MY STEPDAD DIED OF COVID and I still did not believe it was real 🤦🏻‍♀️ I am ashamed to have participated in society in this way instead of using critical thinking. I deeply regret it. It turns out that I’m autistic! There are many people like me who are just looking for a reason why they have felt so odd and different from their peers, not realizing that there are more reasonable and scientifically backed explanations for their oddness. I feel so relieved now that I’m not on a mission to “awaken” the world though my own “enlightenment” 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ll have to explain all of this to my daughter some day when she starts asking what I was doing during the pandemic, yikes.. I was part of the delusion and misinformation that spread like wildfire.

[@rahbeeuh]

These "love & light" ideologies are predatory and target vulnerable communities so just know that you were targeted especially due to having had childhood trauma.

[@carlosdrfx]

I’m a bit late to the party, but welcome to the club. Knowing yourself is incredibly important. And no matter what anyone tells you, pursue the truth with every tool you have. Don’t take in bs information without logical justification. You will see all kinds of affirmations in the new age community that are never challenged just ‘because’. Understand the dynamics of in-groups, the ‘enemy at the gate’ and ‘saviours’.

[@theeverydaybombshell]

Give yourself some grace. We're all searching for something. We all want explanations. We all have the capability of being wrong. I think what's important is that you have become so self-aware, held yourself accountable, learned from it. It's all we can ask ourselves or others. I wish I could give you a hug.

[@ubertrashcat]

Thank you for this! You are raising a very important point that might speak to why this is happening at a larger scale. There's no way so many people have autism but there are more and more people are increasingly alienated in other ways.

[@chrismaupin]

Literally EVERYTHING makes the woman in Mexico (teal dress) exhausted, tired, depleted. If she's doing that much yoga and magic stuff to be healthy, why is she so frail?

[@jakemoeller7850]

Psychological

[@celestialmaat9462]

If your are in the us especially people who are the right weight for their height and age etc will look frail compared to people I. The us and modern world where most people have unhealthy diets which lead them to look bigger.

[@MrSonofsonof]

A few things I have learned over the years having so many close personal contacts in the New Age community. 1) Everyone is selling something. My New Age acquaintances spend quite a lot of money on courses, seminars, healing and various trinkets, but on the other hand they themselves sell courses, seminars, trinkets etc. It's like a group of friends who get together to play poker once a month. Yes, you'll lose money some nights, but over the course of a year you'll probably break even - the only thing you lose is time. 2) The New Age is like a spiritual supermarket - you can choose to believe whatever you want because there is no fixed doctrine. 3) Another difference between established religion and the New Age is how me-centric New Age beliefs are. The Christians and Muslims I know are often very community-oriented - social engagement is an integral part of their faith and they are great believers in charity, helping others and improving the social climate in which we live. The New Agers are wholly focused on their own personal development. There's a reason why you never hear of a New Age disaster relief fund. 4) Childhood trauma. Talk to New Agers late at night after a few drinks, and all the stories about childhood trauma start to come out - the death of parents, siblings, sexual abuse etc. I've seen some research that backs this up - the idea that a childhood trauma correlates very strongly with a belief in conspiracy theories.

[@engineersalltheway]

nailed it

[@itsjeninMass]

Yes. Such people are seeking a sense of safety. They like to be told how to think, because it's makes them feel safe

[@karleyhope33]

Super late to this, but this was so well written and insightful!

[@Mich6961]

While I do see where you are coming from and I can't agree with you enough about how childhood trauma can increase someone's likeliness to more extreme ideas and versions of religion, the whole me vs. community dichotomy between world religions and new age religions is not that cut and dry as there are plenty of examples of world religions having very self centred views and of course, being 'one with each-other' is a pretty popular phillosophy in new age religions. I feel like with the whole disaster relief fund example there are a myriad of complicated reasons other than community that puts religious institutions in postitions where they can do things like that in the first place.

[@alphabetpeople2902]

Your problem is that you think Christianity and Islam are the opposites of New Age. That's a false dichotomy,

[@phlezktravels]

This lady went all the way to Mexico to avoid covid restrictions? Does she not know about Florida or Texas? 😅

[@Sk8rboy420]

or any rural area really

[@elchapojr6219]

She too broke too live in the 🇺🇸

[@heyfunny3036]

The whole wellness, new agey communities are filled with trusting and gullible people. Many of the people I used to enjoy being around fell into the David Ickey-crazy types of "spiritual teachers" when in fact, they are deeply narcissistic predators.

[@kitcoffey7194]

Capitalist-driven, insurance-driven Western medicine is also predatory (poverty invariably means poor or no care).

[@bbcb1856]

@hey funny Yeah, that’s just it. I’m a spiritual person but there is a HUGE difference between, say, Alan Watts and a conman like David Icke. Our community is full of gullible people.

[@kiwikim5163]

@@bbcb1856 for the first time in my adult life I’m enjoying hanging out with friends who are not part of the yoga and wellness community.🙂

[@Michadoo]

@@kitcoffey7194 that doesn't excuse fake spiritualists of their actions.

[@AbbyL0VE]

@@Michadoo exactly. If anything it makes it all the more appalling, because it’s supposed to be a loving, safe community. Usually a refuge for people fleeing spiritual abuse…only to experience it again in a different form.

[@RyanEdmondsMyLifeAsRyan]

Not all of us as healers and yoga teachers are conspiracy wack jobs. Many of us are just focused on health and helping people through stressful results of a world in turmoil. I am grateful for medical science. And I'm a yoga teacher and spiritual healer

[@persephone213]

Same ✨

[@lindamiklos4964]

Amen

[@WhiskeyBiscuits23]

Says thr narcassists

[@ritalourenco8398]

Very good documentary. Unfortunately, I started to see this happening in yoga and wellness at the beginning of the pandemic. : ( and this is happening not just in the US but in Europe as well. It's shameful...

[@jasonfuentz8717]

This has infest the wellness community long before the pandemic or 2016. These wellness idiots have always been anti-science.

[@Spungle15]

That interview with the male radio host was very telling, especially with how he didn’t directly answer Adam’s questions.

[@kiwikim5163]

Adam was very clear and articulate.

[@Spungle15]

@@kiwikim5163 For sure, he's a great reporter.

[@berenicemarchese1593]

it's really weird that people interested in wellness do everything they can to get sick from covid.

[@AshFarlow]

The Occult has undergone the same thing. Basically we are dealing with two seperate and unequal cultures in America.

[@Madamjonibee]

To the Tulum yoga lady: I visited Tulum 20 years ago and absolutely loved it. Minimal tourists yet. 1. So you moved there to escape where you came from, but brought a lot of your culture etc (the part you were approving of) there with you. Called Californication; I saw that happen in NM and people are complaining about it in other areas too. 2. Gentrification. One culture moving into an area and moving the locals out, becoming overpriced so that they cannot live in their own homeland. You’re so privileged and righteous.

[@gm9075]

The lady in Tulum who said she was a healer as well as a yoga teacher; I'm wondering what her 'healing' qualifications are. Anyone..? Plus, I think Tini should probably look up the definition of 'pandemic'. And her pal: 'I'm going to answer the question in a different way'; in other words, a person's stock response to a question for which they have no answer. He should go into politics...

[@terapia.desenredada]

the reporter's face when she said that hahaha

[@hopediluzio8186]

Hard to take you seriously (or see you as even remotely credible) when you refer to a mask as a “facial condom”… (LOL @ 16:56) Try again sir.

[@Sk8rboy420]

hmmm...wonder why that didn't catch on?!?... smh

[@papasitoman]

I wonder if these people who claim to be so spiritual know that even the Dalai Lama gets uses modern medicine and even eats some meat? P.S. It always makes me chuckle when chiros refer to themselves as "doctors." The average person doesn't know the difference and they exploit that.

[@Queenie-the-genie]

Child labor is used to gather crystals…actually it’s not gather. I’s mine..

[@bbcb1856]

@Regina White I didn’t know this. But I suppose that would surely be the case. Why is everything secretly awful

[@cool2rule2]

I have a personal friend who has fallen down this wellness/antivax rabbit hole. It’s alarming.

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Same, and she's a nurse.. she constant nags about her silverwater bs & how bad vaccines are... In my opinion, you shouldn't be allowed to work in health care, if you cant act after proven sciencie & tested procedures..

[@nemesisprime7518]

Keep getting boosters

[@itsjeninMass]

I'm so sorry

[@sistrenyogigal3813]

Same

[@ediesaffron3593]

Do you still feel the same way a year later? Knowing what we know now about the massive amounts of adverse events & deaths it seems as though your friend was correct.

[@RobJohnsonJr]

Thank you so much for this well done work exposing how dangerous the Q&A on rabbit hole has become for the wellness community 🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@sithlordhibiscus9936]

I went to Tulum in 2001. It was beautiful. Now it looks littered and over-toured, with those frail pyramids - the only seaside location - in danger of being ruined. This is a historical site of great value! Go ruin a beach in CA with your yoga garbage, not a site thousands of years old that's the reminant of a people and a time we can never fully experience.

[@Madamjonibee]

Thank you! ❤

[@cynthiakozikowski1765]

This is absolutely bat sh*t insane

[@ccrncindy]

These people are in the very red Orange County. Lots of crazy Q's here!

[@kitcoffey7194]

Californians are passive-aggressive nutcase bullies. I've been here 4 years, and never proven wrong yet. What else to expect from a state with record homelessness, who voted against rent control in a pandemic.

[@michelebriere9569]

Just because you don't understand the science, doesn't mean it's wrong.

[@Hopeful567]

👏👏👏

[@itsjeninMass]

This.

[@WhiskeyBiscuits23]

@@itsjeninMass is

[@brentduanefoster]

That's normally the case. Many don't trust what they don't understand.

[@chrismaupin]

Crazy lady: "wearing a mask got to be too much, so I moved to Mexico." wow.

[@elchapojr6219]

Lol 😂 I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper to live in Mexico 🇲🇽 she can’t pay her bills in the 🇺🇸

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Well sad for mexico, but good for the U.S...

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@elchapojr6219 That woman is an idiot, but staying at a resort in Tulum is hardly cheaper.

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

Lol, some of the comments here have me in fits of laughter, good job I'm not drinking coffee😆

[@miked7011]

Then she said I'm not one of those radicals. LOL

[@flowerchild3686]

Yoga is supposed to promote wellness and reduce stress and anxiety - I guess that's A LIE since Yoga instructors still had to RUN AWAY.

[@RalphJBater]

The relationship between the "wellness" community and the evangelical community is that they both adopt a poor epistemology that does not rely on logic and evidence... they accept "truths" without reason when it comes to their "spiritual" beliefs that they are easily manipulated to accept "any" belief without reason...

[@think3rofficial]

I’m Christian, and a researcher. Science and religion can coexist, as long as they’re not used to prove or disprove the other. I will admit, my opinion is not a popular one inside and outside of church. A lot of my church friends never got the vaccine, but I did with enthusiasm. I wore a mask, and I stayed home. The issue isn’t the beliefs, it’s the people who believe them that cause a lot of trouble. A reminder, nowhere in the Bible does it mention not wearing a mask or not taking a vaccine. If I were going to say which way the Bible points on that subject, it’s probably that wearing a mask and getting vaccinated are good things because you’re serving others. Let’s face it, most people go to church to feel good about themselves. The true Christians go there to come to terms with all the bad things they’ve done and do their best to serve others out of kindness.

[@eugenesteinbeck9469]

Do not compare the two. Ever. Evangelicals practice the indigenous religion of their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and other ancestors going back a thousand years or more, because they're squarely a product of that cultural milieu and feel obliged to obey its precepts. Many come from poor backgrounds and reject a few (though by no means most) conclusions reached by mainstream science because they cannot bring themselves to betray the source of ultimate authority over their lives. God is as infallible to them as the collective sum of all PhD-holding experts on earth are to you, if not 100x more so. So far as "evidence" goes, you reject the Bible as valid evidence of the Christian God for the exact same reason that Evangelicals reject the aforementioned scientific conclusions; it contradicts what is said by the authority that one trusts the most. One isn't an objectively more or less rational position to hold than the other, unless you define "rational" as responding to the authority that you happen to be most prone to trust, in which case Evangelicals can just as easily redefine the term as responding to God's authority. These semantic games have no constructive purpose. New Agers, in contrast, are mainly rich consoomers seeking to appropriate a foreign culture for entertainment value. I can understand why your average Indian guy prays to Rama or Krishna, or why your average Vietnamese guy is a Buddhist, but it's doubtful whether a 23 year old Dutch lady doing yoga in an incense-filled room wants anything more than a quick emotional high. Their "belief" is motivated solely by convenience and is less than genuine.

[@RalphJBater]

@eugenesteinbeck9469 "God is as infallible to them as the sum of all PHD holding experts on earth are to you"... that is the problem with your argument... you assume that secular people WORSHIP science as a God, when in reality we look at science as a PROCESS to understand the current 'best explanation' for how reality works. We (including the scientists) DO NOT believe that scientific conclusions ARE INFALLIBLE, on the contrary the scientific process is predicated on showing that earlier conclusions ARE WRONG... one can never know for sure if a scientific conclusion is RIGHT, therefore one seeks to show flaws in the current model... a prime example of this is Newtonian physics which was our best understanding at the time... so good in fact that it served as the basis for engineering most of what we see in our everyday lives today and even successfully took us to the moon... but as our knowledge progressed... and we learned more about subatomic motion and interplanetary motion we realized Newtonian physics was flawed in that it failed to explain our observations at these levels... we DID NOT bury our heads in the sand (like a religion) and hold to Newtonian physics as infallible Gospel, we looked for a better explanation... and the Theory of Relativity usurped Newtonian physics... and today Relativity is giving way to new ideas like Quantum Mechanics as our knowledge about the world we inhabit increases. Additionally, scientists are not preachers. One does not 'trust' a scientist... one trusts the actual DATA and EVIDENCE... the scientific process is 'peer reviewed'.. meaning that the conclusions of a particular scientist (even the best in his/her field) are not accepted on FAITH they are challenged and tested by others trying to prove them wrong... this is the farthest thing from how 'EVANGELICALS' operate which is exactly the way the New Age wellness community works... believe it because it makes ME FEEL GOOD..(you admitted as much in your comment by saying how EVANGELICALS dismiss science and are just holding on to hundreds or thousands of years of tradition - whether it is based on FAITH beliefs passed on for hundreds of years (Evangelicals) or FAITH beliefs held for hundreds of days (the wellness community) FAITH is a poor epistemology and primes the believer to adopt ANY CLAIM without REASON!!

[@kedoh75]

The world has never been safe it angers me to hear that woman get a platform where she can speak crazy while smiling as if she's an actual doctor. We are in the age of social media false information where people will refer to memes over science.

[@LatinaChef1986]

If this ain’t the truth!

[@scottadams5025]

Great job! Fascinating story

[@dropkickmonk3y]

That woman is... insane.

[@berenicemarchese1593]

i am really glad i don't have any social media accounts or apps. i would never use a social media platform to gather factual information. my medical decisions are made by my endocrinologist, who has the education and decades of medical experience. i will read the occasional journal article, but i don't have a medical degree. if you don't have a medical degree, you really shouldn't be influencing on medical issues.

[@nemesisprime7518]

But you can do your own research

[@elchapojr6219]

This virus has changed the game for a long time

[@Michadoo]

I think this is a good thing cause then you see who in the spiritual community is just a grifter and who is actually there for the greater good.

[@MrBobbo18]

My Indian neighbors love to laugh with me about white suburban yoga teachers

[@ahimsa6791]

I'm a pro-vax agnostic who loves yoga and meditation, but I feel uncomfortable with the religious and new age focus and undertones--Crystals, Chakras, chants, higher self, etc--that are present at most yoga studios. I would love to see a secular yoga movement, but I suppose that wouldn't bring in the big bucks, would it?

[@WordsInVain]

So... On one side, you have the people who were raised to trust and believe everything they are being told by the authorities... And on the other side, you have the people whose trust has either been breached in some way or form, or they have a compulsive emotional need to be rebellious, because they believe that they are being actively oppressed... It's a blue pill / red pill dilemma... But both sides are still trapped, and there is truly no escape, unless you are somehow able to get rid of your fear, your insecurity, your sense of oppression, gullibility, scepticism and distrust, in favour of restoring your individual sense of instinct, intuition and inner knowing... And even then, you would likely still be completely lost, because you are still but a human being in this wicked Creation, where oblivion always rules everything... Who can you then trust, if not even yourself? Sometimes, our only resort is a prayer... Who, then, will you pray to? That is up to you to find out... Do you even _know_ the Creator?

[@jo_asiago8539]

Great show!! More of these pls! 😊

[@TorrieG]

I love him as a journalist, very good ora, and makes people feel comfortable, and they open up to him. I wish he didn't work for this station tho.

[@jvjjjvvv9157]

I used to date a woman who worked at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, and recently we were discussing her idea of going to an acupuncturist and how in her opinion it was no contradiction at all that an old uneducated Chinese woman would possess some ancient knowledge that is just outside of the reach of science, tests, empirical evidence, etc. To me, it is amazing how people can turn off their critical thinking sometimes, and I think some people really have a greater predisposition to this than others. I still haven't watched this CBS report and I guess it will delve deeper into certain contemporary, well-known conspiracy theories, but the fact is that people who respond strongly to these buzzwords (wellness, alternative medicine, spirituality, etc) already generally share attitudes such an excessive distrust of authority mixed with a weird gullibility whenever the source of the information sounds at all 'alternative'.

[@Madamjonibee]

Acupuncture that has been practiced successfully in Asia for thousands of years it’s far from a conspiracy theory.

[@wrenlittle8826]

Great reporting in a calm respectful manner from this reporter. It is a shame there are so few likes.

[@Meandmymirror]

Isn’t there a middle ground these days? It’s like you’re either extreme one way or extremely other way. I would like a nice balance of both.

[@NeedSpeedRC]

Great insight.

[@shakenbacon-vm4eu]

I know someone who’s still deep in this. PhD, yoga teacher, life coach, manifestations and affirmations. Currently pregnant and high risk, going toward a dangerous midwife and home birth who she likes for her chakra.

[@joltjolt5060]

People searching for peace have always existed.

[@taimatsuko]

This was very informative, thank you for reporting!

[@snowissj]

New age is kinda crazy.

[@arfer]

Americans have been told for decades on day-time TV by talk-show hosts and guests to "go with your feelings" .............and now, here we are.

[@jimellen8618]

I own a crystal shop. This nutty new ager beliefs are absolutely true

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

25 years ago my sister got caught up with the wellness crowd, they ended up convincing her that she had been sexually abused as a child by somebody in the family. She couldn't decide who but named 6 possible suspects and eventually named my deaf uncle (convenient as he had no voice)....the wellness community destroyed my entire family.....she is now a fully fledged yoga, crystal loving, soul searching through your eyes/aura freak. As usual the West takes a beautiful practice and distorts it completely, I believe a lot of people in the Wellness community are narcissistic by nature and which is why they cling dearly to the philosophy of 'self love'....When I see these types I run a mile.

[@vivek-1318]

Awesome

[@kellyanquoe]

Aho. This piece will require expansion. I've watched the exhaustive Spectrum of inter ethnic new age sales since the 70s.

[@Coachfame_]

Hmm. This is a very controversial video. Thank you for sharing this!

[@gsp4prez]

“Don’t believe science, believe me and this bottle of vitamins!”

[@BuhodePiedra]

😂thank you so much for doing this one. 🤣too good

[@hwhack]

Facts, they're not for everyone.

[@katkatsanis]

This is a really important video; thank you for your work, Adam!

[@elchapojr6219]

This reminds me of the movie Idiocracy 😂

[@kiwikim5163]

Yes!

[@brandongray5043]

I am around a ton of people at my church that believe that essential oils and detoxes are the cure-all. I went to college for Exercise Science and my wife is a pharmacist so we both go crazy whenever we hear the things they say.

[@kenster8270]

I have few people like that in my own extended family. And guess which gender they all are!! They mean well and see themselves as kind, compassionate and just discoverers of hidden truths. But they definitely are anything but rational or even consistent in their convictions. Hard to have a meaningful conversation, so I try to keep our interactions shallow and focused on wholesome shared family memories. Sigh.

[@futuristicgirl14]

Men can be delusional about things too don’t be that guy

[@andersonsystem2]

Wow! Facts matter, but with social media you do get lots of false info.

[@MaximusDecimus1313]

24:00

[@itsjeninMass]

This was so good! I'm a Witch, but I am VERY pro-science and pro-common sense. I trust doctors and scientists.

[@WhiskeyBiscuits23]

exactly!

[@saragolden3552]

Also, I am vaccinated amd am not against masks or Fauci, nor do I believe vaccines cause autism. Autism explains quite a few of the victims of witch hunts, where church and society have demonized people who don't fit into their prescribed expectations. Square peg etc.

[@WhiskeyBiscuits23]

@@saragolden3552 I also prefer logic and science to emotional reactions intensified by media.

[@ediesaffron3593]

Are you pro Dr. Fauci?

[@MeditativeHandle]

This is Yoga the same way that Tae Bo is Shaolin Kung Fu.

[@krystalmarie3932]

i feel so scared

[@KTLBT]

idiocy comes in all flavors

[@user-cm8tf4dr1r]

Science is a creation of Spirit

[@Mich6961]

Great documentary. My parents have fallen into the rabbit hole so this is very relatable. Also side note, the journalist is hot asf.

[@dannymayo3236]

I wonder how many of these people have fallen for the " Birds arent real , joke.

[@Larry21924]

Remarkable work! This is amazing content. I came across something similar, and it was beyond words. "Your Body Your Temple" by Sophia Wintergreen

[@Jburrell01videos]

So what does having been recommended this video say about me?

[@rahbeeuh]

Beware of the wellness to white supremacy pipeline

[@ricochetsixtyten]

the fake spirituality vs the real spirituality is getting very distinquished, good

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Anything can go too far

[@elchapojr6219]

Yoga community and far right joining forces now I seen it all !!! 👿

[@kiwikim5163]

I friend said she had to leave Sedona because all her friends had gotten into Qanon.

[@AbbyL0VE]

The hippies have joined the conservative Christian’s :( never thought I’d see the day

[@aaronmorgan2476]

Oh well that settles it :)

[@eiectrowrld]

the way they will cherry pick and appropriate hinduism and Buddhism and twist it into their own narrative :l

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

Oh yeah, they love to do that indeed. Sad gullible brainwashed people

[@Dirge_For_November]

CBS: Not Propaganda Yoga: Propaganda Now a words from on our sponsers on suppositories.

[@phlezktravels]

You didn't watch the video, lmfao.

[@janedoe1146]

Actually this video was very unbiased and fair to all the participants. Maybe you'd learn something if you watched it.

[@Phillyhippie215]

I feel very uneasy about demonizing health and wellness. I see the overall message on how it can be infiltrated by extremists. But to label people in general who are involved in wellness is extremely problematic in so many ways.

[@ediesaffron3593]

Exactly!! I feel like this is clearly trying to make everyone who’s interested in health & wellness look crazy. Is it really so crazy to question the financial motives of pharmaceutical companies who’ve proven that they put profits over people time & time again? Smh.

[@Phillyhippie215]

@@ediesaffron3593 I agree completely. Mainstream media in general are in kahoots with the pharmaceuticals. That’s why their commercials are non stop! So of course they’ll find any excuse to demonize holistic healing.

[@ediesaffron3593]

@@Phillyhippie215 Precisely! The United States is one of only two countries on this planet that allow the direct advertising of prescription drugs!! It’s no wonder why Americans are so overly prescribed smh.

[@thekaerichtexas]

I couldn't imagine moving to a whole different country to avoid wearing a mask.... sounds goofy

[@handymanny_777]

Tell me your 1776 shirts don't scream cult

[@healdiseasenow]

Stupidity is uncureable

[@juanmachado1844]

Ah.... the woo woo world has always infiltrated yoga and their spirituality contexts. What they don't realize is that they allow evil spirits and other dark traumatic bs into their body in the sake of finding alternatives, answers to what is proven already. They usually have trauma that they have to deal with before even doing all that woo woo stuff. Great job Mr. Yamaguchi on being balanced on your reporting.

[@dianeolson8449]

Oh please... masking is not tyranny.

[@ryansweeney5716]

Bored women living off divorce settlements

[@dharmayogaashram979]

Today's yoga divorced from Hindu Dharma is just more cultic nonsense.

[@goodolemule]

Peep our hilarious pop-punk tune/lyric video (Pizza-Gate Princess) about a boy who's attempting to console his conspiracy theory obsessed girlfriend. Anyone not laughing and humming the chorus all day after hearing it - is probably stupid enough to believe everything they're fed from an unverified source on the dark web.

[@rebeccadubois6536]

Dr. Miletic, my old pain management doctor kept telling me to do yoga and to keep applying the Fentanyl patches he was prescribing. Then we kissed, went out for dinner, and made love. Then he and his dr.goons manufactured evidence to kick me out of his practice. I managed to get off of all my prescription drugs and now alleviate my pain and suffering with medical Marijuana, yoga and stretching. I only make love to myself now because he and his friends have been trying to destroy me ever since.

[@MeditativeHandle]

All of these people have one thing in common. 😂

[@iganzabissassa]

Nina Camille is introduced as an anti-masker but half way in she's complaining about anti-science and Qanon. Ohhhkay...

[@shimrrashai-rc8fq]

It pains me deeply to see phrases like "Love and Light", "raise the world's vibration", and the like alongside hideously regressive ideology, anti-medical claims, and so forth. I honestly can't understand how you can juxtapose the two things when they seem like truly polar opposites to me.

[@gloryofeuropa8883]

It’s too late for you CBS, the cat is out of bag, too many people know your game and the snowball effect has begun.

[@rifraf1717]

The Kundalini Bandwagon alert...

[@Looooading...]

Lol, wearing a mask is taxing on your nervous system? I can't

[@PrinsTan]

It’s about money. These people found a way to further swindle others with their « Cherokee hair tampons », so that’s what they’ll do.

[@twilson355]

The narrative that the journalist wanted to push in this video did not age well.

[@ediesaffron3593]

Bahaha exactly!! Happy to see a comment from someone who’s awake!

[@Krptokrayon]

LMAO. THEIR'S NOTHING SCIENTIFIC ABOUT "CONSENSUS." 1 MILLION PEOPLE COULD SAY ONE THING AND 1 PERSON SAY ANOTHER. AND THAT 1 PERSON COULD BE RIGHT. FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT CONSENSUS.

[@joegibbskins]

Right and that does happen but more often than not the 1 person going there own way is a crank and wrong, and if they are proven right, that becomes the new consensus. Regular people ignoring consensus and guessing at what’s true because the consensus might be wrong and makes them feel bad, isn’t a good way to run a society.

[@Krptokrayon]

@@joegibbskins let me know how that leather tastes.

[@lancelaube3233]

“Oh they are getting closer to the truth better go make another video to mislead the masses.”

[@jbnj11]

Chiropractor does not equal doctor. 🤦‍♀️

[@PrezCamacho]

Keep hitting the snooze 😴😴😴

[@phlezktravels]

sleep is important

[@PrezCamacho]

@@phlezktravels Oh....... Just go get your continuous booster shots that Trump made 🤪

[@nope2826]

the woman in the teal dress is insufferable

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

Lol she really is😆

[@cellom.9227]

krystaltini should lay off the botox, for starters ...

[@terrenceebert7212]

This is more of a religion

[@kellyanquoe]

No. This piece is about an industry. The authentic spiritual side of yoga needs no products.