The framework of American acceptance of yoga and Vedic philosophy was almost built into the country’s formation as an experiment of democracy and newfound “religious freedom” that didn’t exist in
Just as Christian-based cults find a widespread audience in America, so do yoga spin-off cults. Often using trends such as applying the word “Ancient” as a describer to almost anything,
Yoga’s popularity is attached to American religious freedom and is a key part of American identity, even if there is plenty of discrimination to go around. The founders of American
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