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Thanks to the power of its ""mystic"" Indian origins, yoga promises peace, self-realization, and release. But what if this is just hype? In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home sweeps away the half-truths to reveal a new origin story of modern postural practice. Starting with the world's first modern yogi--a Californian escapologist who added Hindu fairy dust to circus exercises--this history reveals a community full of grifters, occultists, and white supremacists, out to exploit and recruit via the medium of exercise. From Aleister Crowley to Ezra Pound to Heinrich Himmler, cult leaders and brainwashed followers, TV celebrities, and fake gurus, the story of yoga has involved some of the strangest currents of humanity with a dangerous understanding of wellness.

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Stewart Home is a legend of counterculture. He is an artist, filmmaker, pamphleteer, art historian, and activist, and the author of countless pulp fictions, including Art School Orgy and She's My Witch. He regularly performs to audiences worldwide and recently started making headstand paintings with the canvas placed above him and brushes held in his toes. He was born and lives in London. A husband and father of two, Patrick Zeller has been acting professionally on stage, screen, or in front of a mic for over twenty-five years. He holds a BFA in acting from Emerson College, where he trained under voice guru Kristin Linklater, and an MFA in classical theater from The-Old-Globe-and-University-of-San-Diego-Shiley-Graduate-Theatre-Program (they don't give you the degree until you can say it all in one breath). Patrick cowrote and stars in a hilarious web series about stay at home dads, Packed, available on Roku. He has the distinct pleasure of playing trouble maker Joey Novak on General Hospital, and has picked up multiple SOVAS for his work as Major DeLancie in T. J. London's Rebels and Redcoats Saga. As long as he's listening to or telling stories, he's happy.

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