It started with the foam rollers. And then vibrating foam rollers. Today, the market for “fitness recovery” encompasses a large scope of expensive gadgets from Tom Brady’s infra-red pajamas to
Sit up straight! What is good posture? Does anybody have it? Professional baseball players often have tilted hips (a degree of scoliosis) from repeatedly running in the same direction in
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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
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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,