The Woo Around Us: Dahn Yoga
Posted on : 18-08-2009 | By : Jared | In : Blog Post, skepticism
Tags: boston, cambridge, cults, new age woo, what's the harm
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Continuing our tour of local purveyors of woo, we come next to Dahn Yoga. Now, aside from the fact that it often pushes certain woo-ish ideas, yoga can be a valid form of exercise. I’ve generally forgiven it for its excesses because of this, and would have done the same for the Dahn Yoga centers I see both near my job (in the Back Bay) and my home (in Cambridge), too.
But back in February, we were fortunate enough to get the inimitable Tim Farley, of WhatsTheHarm.net, as our speaker for Boston Skeptics in the Pub. Amongst other things, Tim talked about a woman named Julia Siverls who died during a Dahn-sponsored course. This piqued my curiosity and prompted me to look into things a bit more deeply.
