In this episode of MINDBEND, psychotherapist turned leadership consultant and author Blair Glaser reflects on her formative years inside a Siddha Yoga ashram and the complicated intersection of spiritual awakening, belonging, power and personal identity. Drawing from her memoir, This Incredible Longing, Blair explores why human beings are drawn toward gurus and transformational communities, how power can become addictive, and what happens when spiritual leaders lose sight of the responsibility attached to their roles. She also discusses psychedelic and meditative states, the vital work of integration, her evolution from psychotherapy into leadership development, and the distinctly human intelligence we cherish and must protect, in an increasingly digital world. #MindbendPodcast #PowerDynamics #SpiritualAwakening #CultAwareness #HumanIntelligence Connect with Blair: Blair’s Website: www.blairglaser.com IG: @blair_glaser Follow MINDBEND IG: @mymindbend Watch Full Episode on YouTube: @mymindbend Website: www.mymindbend.org This is an Operation Podcast production, connect with us @operationpodcast Produced in partnership with The Macro: themacro.net

The credit card was right there. About Me: I'm Daniella Mestyanek Young, author, scholar of cults, extreme groups, and extremely bad leadership. These days, I'm also known as Knitting Cult Lady. I grew up in the Children of God cult (also known as the Family International, or COG-TFI), and served 2 tours of duty in the cult of the US army. I noticed that those two organizations had a lot in common and have been studying them and what we can learn about other cults-- and how to protect ourselves from coercive control and abusive situations. Those books are called, "Uncultured" (my memoir) and "The Culting of America" (my bad-guy tactics book). For those of you who have been through the cult experience (any kind of cult experience including 1:1 cults, or single family cults, or internet cults, or 12 step cults) I made a "Deconstruction Workbook" as a companion guide to help you find your way out of the rabbit hole. Support my Work and Learn About Me: Linktree with all my links and Upcoming Events:https: //linktr.ee/Daniellamyoung Buy the Culting of America: https://bit.ly/4reK0u7 Buy Uncultured: https://bit.ly/42TKNWN UnAmerican VideoBook (A Work In Progress): https://tr.ee/V_vytb1pcO Patreon: https://bit.ly/YTPLanding Cult book Clubs (Advanced AND Memoirs) Annual Membership: https://bit.ly/YTPLanding Knitting Cult Patterns: https://bit.ly/4alDbQe Get my book, Uncultured, from Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/4g1Ufw8 Instagram: https://bit.ly/4ePAOFK / daniellamyoung_ Unamerican video book (on Patreon): https://bit.ly/YTVideoBook Secret Practice video book (on Patreon): https://bit.ly/3ZswGY8

This reading is from Blair Glasser's This Incredible Longing about her yoga cult experience. So many of you have asked for yoga cult stories. About Me: I'm Daniella Mestyanek Young, author, scholar of cults, extreme groups, and extremely bad leadership. These days, I'm also known as Knitting Cult Lady. I grew up in the Children of God cult (also known as the Family International, or COG-TFI), and served 2 tours of duty in the cult of the US army. I noticed that those two organizations had a lot in common and have been studying them and what we can learn about other cults-- and how to protect ourselves from coercive control and abusive situations. Those books are called, "Uncultured" (my memoir) and "The Culting of America" (my bad-guy tactics book). For those of you who have been through the cult experience (any kind of cult experience including 1:1 cults, or single family cults, or internet cults, or 12 step cults) I made a "Deconstruction Workbook" as a companion guide to help you find your way out of the rabbit hole. Support my Work and Learn About Me: Buy the Culting of America: https://bit.ly/4reK0u7 Buy Uncultured: https://bit.ly/42TKNWN Patreon: https://bit.ly/YTPLanding Cult book Clubs (Advanced AND Memoirs) Annual Membership: https://bit.ly/YTPLanding Knitting Cult Patterns: https://bit.ly/4alDbQe Get my book, Uncultured, from Bookshop.org: https://bit.ly/4g1Ufw8 Instagram: https://bit.ly/4ePAOFK / daniellamyoung_ Unamerican video book (on Patreon): https://bit.ly/YTVideoBook Secret Practice video book (on Patreon): https://bit.ly/3ZswGY8

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