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In our conversation, we danced around an often interrelated phenomenon: the wellness worlds infiltration by QAnon.
Grab your oxygen tank, friends, were divingdeep.
Well+Good: What do you see as being the overlap between wellness and QAnon?
Matthew Remski:Theres a spectrum of connections and overlaps.
The second rule is that nothing happens by accident.
yoga practitioner, author ofPractice and All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond, and co-host of the podcastConspirituality
(Both are false of course.)
Thirdly: Everything is connected.
QAnons share a powerful set of bonds.
They have absolute certainty about what is happening at the most consequential levels of government.
Their secret knowledge will keep them safe from harm as it distinguishes them from evil cabalists.
This draws them close to each other in sentiment and through the relentless rhythm of posting.
But the bonds are ultimately fragile, being based on lies.
Id say three main conditions increase the vulnerability of the wellness devotee.
Further, they may feel compelled to engage with that content to maintain the appearance of cultural wokeness.
yoga practitioner, author ofPractice and All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond, and co-host of the podcastConspirituality
For instance, Ive reported on heavy doses of conspiracism in a Venice Beach sect of Kundalini Yoga.
(This is the conspirituality sleight-of-hand.)
The online world adds another general vulnerability: the intersection of infinite possibility with grinding alienation and boredom.
Can you explain this alliance?
Today, the horseshoe isnt as sensational as the merger of Nazis and yoga.
So there are explicit wellness and QAnon crossover people who commit concrete political and social harm.
But he also joins the mob storming the building.
At the same time, out in Maine,Dr.
Christiane Northrupposts to social media to praise her compatriots in Washington.
What does this phenomenon say about the wellness movement?
Making social media posts supporting BLM isnt enough.
This interview was conducted via email.
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