From asana to antivax: how yoga is helping to spread conspiracy theories

In a video that has been viewed thousands of times, two women who consider themselves to be “truth-seekers” are discussing the pandemic. “There are a lot of questions about how real the coronavirus really is,” the older woman says, while the other nods enthusiastically. The corona, she continues, is a part of the cell that the body rejects, a toxicity that is almost certainly linked to 5G waves. Besides, she says, “viruses have never been proven”.

It is predictable stuff, coming from Kerry Cassidy, an American conspiracy theorist. But the other woman in the video is more surprising. Until her sudden death this month at the age of 41, Guru Jagat, otherwise known as Katie Griggs, was a cult figure in the world of kundalini

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