• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • ABOUT
    • MEET JOSH AND TERRY
    • GRATITUDE
    • OUR FAVORITE THINGS
  • CONTACT
  • WRITING
    • BOOKS
    • BLOG
  • PODCAST
  • My Courses
  • Log In
  • Cart
Josh & Terry Summers

Josh & Terry Summers

Creative and functional approach to the spiritual path, weaving insights and practices from Yin Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and ancient wisdom traditions

  • PRACTICE ONLINE
  • ON-DEMAND EDUCATION
    • Short workshops (2-3hrs)
    • In-depth courses (7-10hrs)
    • Teacher Training Modules (25-50hrs)
    • Summers School of Yin Yoga
  • LIVE/ONLINE EVENTS
  • 1:1

Matthew Remski: The Dynamics of Deception and Enablement

September 16, 2019

This is the second part of a 3-part interview with author and teacher, Matthew Resmski. We focus on Matthew’s important new book, Practice and All Is Coming, which exposes and explores sexual abuse and cult dynamics in Ashtanga Yoga.

Matthew explores the conditions of high-demand groups that contribute to the “dynamics of deception” of its group members, a dynamic whereby members of the group are implicitly or explicitly deceived about the origins and legitimacy of their group and leaders.

For over three decades, Pattabhi Jois sexually and physically abused his yoga students, mostly women. The Jois family held tightly to its narrative of legitimacy until, well, they didn’t. And this is what is both eerie and fascinating about the recent developments in the Ashtanga community. Here we see, in real time, the efforts of an organization to “brandwash” its unfortunate history.

Listen to Episode 61 here or subscribe in your favorite podcast app.

Links from the Episode

  • Sharath Yoga Centre: www.sharathyogacentre.com
  • Matthew’s book, Practice And All Is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics, And Healing In Yoga And Beyond
    • Order from Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JOUU98.
    • Order from the publisher: https://embodiedwisdom.pub/product/practice and use the code Summers15 to get 15% off your purchase.
  • Matthew’s website: www.matthewremski.com

Podcast Bottom

Thanks for listening!

Join our email list!

Walk the path with us and receive our regular updates and reflections, along with a free copy of Josh’s ebook, “The What, Why and How of Yin Yoga” and a FREE 2-week trial to our online Sangha.


Primary Sidebar

The Everyday Sublime podcast is the yogi’s companion to a full spectrum spiritual practice. Through interviews, conversations and dharma talks, Josh and his guests reflect on the highs, lows and plateaus of the journey to greater unity.

Search

Latest Podcast Episodes

  • The Tiger + The Snake | Dharma Story March 14, 2023
  • Jung + The Rainmaker | Dharma Story March 7, 2023
  • Kisagotami and the Mustard Seed February 27, 2023
  • Ozzie’s Dharma February 22, 2023
  • Earthquakes and the Dharma February 14, 2023

Popular Interviews:

  • Bernie Clark: The Science of Yin Yoga
  • Paul Grilley: Psychology, Spirituality and Yin Yoga
  • Dr. Judith Blackstone: Healing Within Fundamental Consciousness
  • David Lesondak: All Things Fascia
  • Dr. Richard Schwartz: Healing the Internal Family
  • Greg Thomas: Race, Jazz and Healing
  • Dr. Ellen Langer: Mindfulness Without Meditation
  • Dr. Judson Brewer: Saving Ourselves From Ourselves
  • Dr. Daniel Keown: Jellyfish, Channels and Qi

Favorite Talks:

  • A Functional Approach to Harmonizing Qi with Yin Yoga
  • Dharma Talk – Seeing and Freeing Patterns
  • Yin Meditation – The Instructions
  • Yin Yoga – The Universal Donor
  • Yin Meditation – The Rhythmic Pulse of Consciousness

Brands we have been involved with:

loader-image
Runner’s World
NU
BU
Yoga U
Yoga Journal

Footer

Find us around the web

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Instagram

Loading...

Join us!

Walk the path with us and receive our regular updates and reflections, along with a free copy of Josh’s ebook, “The What, Why and How of Yin Yoga” and a FREE 2-week trial to our online Sangha.

Copyright © 2023 · Josh & Terry Summers. Design by Great Oak Circle. Privacy Policy

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Josh & Terry Summers
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.