Hi Daniel, Thank you for these fascinating reflections. Will re-read and ponder. I gather you do not recommend reading Home's book? The title is so enticing 😅
Haha - yes, I was enticed to request a review copy as soon as I saw it last year... I'll share some more detailed thoughts in a couple of weeks (it's officially published on July 20), but the short version is that it distorts things – apparently to generate interest. No doubt it will succeed in that respect, but it doesn't deserve the sort of review it received on this blog (which repeatedly says "buy it"): https://www.3-16am.co.uk/articles/stewart-home-s-fascist-yoga
Having called my own substack Anticapitalist Yoga I am quite intrigued with the book by Stewart Home! Although the fact he only practised yoga in a "local gym" suggests the author might not be fully aware of "the premise that we might be wrong" ... 😅
Hi Daniel, Thank you for these fascinating reflections. Will re-read and ponder. I gather you do not recommend reading Home's book? The title is so enticing 😅
Haha - yes, I was enticed to request a review copy as soon as I saw it last year... I'll share some more detailed thoughts in a couple of weeks (it's officially published on July 20), but the short version is that it distorts things – apparently to generate interest. No doubt it will succeed in that respect, but it doesn't deserve the sort of review it received on this blog (which repeatedly says "buy it"): https://www.3-16am.co.uk/articles/stewart-home-s-fascist-yoga
Too bad. As you show in this post, much can be said on the subject without necessarily distorting the facts.
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Thanks for an insightful, nuanced take on this subject. ‘We might be wrong’ - a revolutionary idea! Hope you are well.
Thank you, Anna - glad you enjoyed it! I have to credit Hamish Hendry for that insight - he talks about it here: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast/2023/1/hamish-hendry
All's well here, thanks - I hope with you too. Look forward to catching up again soon - perhaps another library cuppa some time?
Will listen thanks and definitely up for library cuppa! Be in touch after summer.
Might be interesting to have Mr Home as a guest on your podcast.
The tone of his book suggests reasoned dialogue may not be the outcome of such an exchange.
Having called my own substack Anticapitalist Yoga I am quite intrigued with the book by Stewart Home! Although the fact he only practised yoga in a "local gym" suggests the author might not be fully aware of "the premise that we might be wrong" ... 😅
LOL - he certainly sounds rather "sure of himself"... Frankly, his book is misleading and will get more attention than it deserves.