Autobiography of a Bhogi — Part 2: Spiritual Bypass, Social Justice, and Globalist Yoga

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Spiritual bypassing ‘is the use of spiritual practices and beliefs to avoid dealing with our painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs’. Even though there is a consistent rhetoric about ‘transformational growth’ and ‘finding one’s authentic self’, there is an inherent tendency within yogaland to dismiss anything that is perceived as negative, challenging, perverse, or…