““the answer might seem obvious: of course yoga is appropriate—why else would thirty-six million of us be spending billions of dollars every year on yoga classes, books, magazines, and videos, retreats and conferences, yoga gear and clothing, and assorted Hindu geegaws? No doubt these are impressive numbers, but they don’t settle the issue, since it’s possible that a whole passel of Americans are blissfully but unknowingly engaged in inappropriate behavior—not an uncommon phenomenon.””
