dozens reviewed Fierce medicine by Ana T. Forrest
"Born crippled, Ana Forrest's life trauma and experiences--including physical abuse, drug addiction, epilepsy, and bulimia--led …
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2 stars
Here are some assertions Ana makes in her memoir.
1. Yoga is about fear, pain, and death.
2. She can see and manipulate energy/auras, talk to animals, pray holes in the ozone layer closed, and has been persecuted as a witch in past lives. But others who claim supernatural talents and/or experiences are phonies.
2.5 Oh, and once, she remotely healed a friend's uterus by channeling the magical weaving powers of a spider. But she accidentally sewed it up so tightly that they had to have a caesarean section!
3. She is a admitted asshole and bitch.
4. She doesn't observe the yamas and niyamas, and particularly rejects Ahimsa, asserting that her style of healing requires the violence of destroying negative energies and patterns, and often "killing" the former self. She calls herself a daughter of Kali.
While I acknowledge Ana has endured and persevered through a very hard life, …
Here are some assertions Ana makes in her memoir.
1. Yoga is about fear, pain, and death.
2. She can see and manipulate energy/auras, talk to animals, pray holes in the ozone layer closed, and has been persecuted as a witch in past lives. But others who claim supernatural talents and/or experiences are phonies.
2.5 Oh, and once, she remotely healed a friend's uterus by channeling the magical weaving powers of a spider. But she accidentally sewed it up so tightly that they had to have a caesarean section!
3. She is a admitted asshole and bitch.
4. She doesn't observe the yamas and niyamas, and particularly rejects Ahimsa, asserting that her style of healing requires the violence of destroying negative energies and patterns, and often "killing" the former self. She calls herself a daughter of Kali.
While I acknowledge Ana has endured and persevered through a very hard life, I came away from her story very sure that I want to continue to enjoy the style of yoga she created, but separate and distant from the person who created it.
