Radio NZ broadcasts an attack on the yoga community in New Zealand

Yoga teacher brings the “Me Too” movement into the yoga movement on national radio

Once upon a time (right through the 80's and 90's) I was a practitioner of yoga and for a long time of Iyengar yoga as well as being a teacher.  Some years ago I distanced myself from the Iyengar scene for my own particular reasons.

I was disgusted to hear an interview with Christchurch-based American yoga teacher, Donna Farhi on the highly-popular Kim Hill Show on Radio NZ that was touted to bring the "me too" movement into the yoga movement.

I knew Donna quite well personally and know her to be a controlled, disciplined and highly ambitious, if not arrogant woman who is not averse to being very self-promoting (something that can be heard clearly in the interview).

That she should use a public platform like Radio NZ (the NZ equivalent of the BBC) to attack a community that has never in my knowledge ever been tainted by the sort of scandal she refers to (she is talking primarily about an American teacher) while attacking the late BKS Iyengar while promoting herself is nothing less than reprehensible.

One thing that was noticeable was that the things she was talking about go right across the entire yoga community, indeed the entire "New Age" movement.  Yet she singles out Iyengar and the Iyengar movement.

However, the brunt of my disgust is directed at Radio New Zealand (and the terrible Kim Hill who is responsible for so much PC social engineering). I have included my letter to them below.

I have seen, in this age of political correctness and malicious finger-pointing just about every person I have looked up to denigrated and attacked because their thought is a rebuke to the fascistic ideology that we are seeing today.

In cases where there has been cases of real sexual abuse this should be addressed.However, much of this is simply an attack on the past where the very baby boomers that were part of the lax standards of that generation are now retrospectively pointing the finger, effectively using an oppressive climate that can only be compared with the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950's to deny their own shadow and project it onto others who committed acts that were in tune with the mores (or lack of) of the time.

Listen to Kim Hill's interview with Donna Farhi HERE

Here is my letter to Radio NZ:

I wish to complain strongly about the interview of yoga teacher, Donna Farhi by Kim Hill.

First some background. I have, in the past, been a practitioner of yoga (specifically Iyengar yoga) as well as a teacher and left the Iyengar scene for my own personal reasons and have not taught for nearly 20 years. I am aware of the general. Issues Ms.Farhi raised in the inteview. I have also known Ms Farhi personally and can attest that she has been saying the same things for about 20 years.

The interview, in my view, was defamatory (“archaic pedagogy”) and attacked a whole group of people in THIS country who have NEVER, to my knowledge ever been implicated in any of the abuse she is referring to. They, however, will face the brunt of this attack.

The issues of abuse, of course, are very real but go right across the yoga community and indeed the whole “New Age” movement and need to be addressed although the cases are historical and relate to another time, to an entire generation of baby boomers whose moral standards in the 1970’s and 1980’s can only be referred to as “lax”.

As an American, Ms Farhi should have addressed these issues in an American context, rather than on New Zealand media.

I also found that it was an attack on others while at the same time being shamelessly self-regarding and self-promoting. It smacked of collusion in an attack on “the opposition”. Ms. Farhi is, let’s face it, not a disinterested  party.

 

My main concern is not the viewpoints being presented (everyone is entitled to their view) but with the decision of Kim Hill’s producers and Radio New Zealand  to collude with this.

The broadcasting standards say quite clearly:

"When controversial issues of public importance are discussed in news, current affairs or factual programmes, broadcasters should make reasonable efforts, or give reasonable opportunities, to present significant points of view either in the same programme or in other programmes within the period of current interest."

and

"Broadcasters should make reasonable efforts to ensure that news, current affairs and factual programming:

• is accurate in relation to all material points of fact
• does not mislead.

Given that the claims made were of a defamatory nature the VERY LEAST Radio New Zealand should have done is to have given representatives of the NZ Iyengar Yoga Association the right to response.  The very airing of highly biased and defamatory comments on public radio without the right of response is WRONG.

I shall therefore be making a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority.

Yours sincerely etc....

Political correctness and the preposterous nature of "progressivism"

Politically-correct nonsense across the western world

 

It is not enough that we are faced by abrupt climate change, economic and social collapse. We have the new liberal fascism (the "extreme Centre") that want to impose their "progressive" ideas on all of us by force. It all seems to have happened so quickly.

It is clear that this is not a "natural" product of social evolution but is a product of social engineering that is pushed by leftist academics, governments and media.

I looked up the definition of "progress"and "progressive"

progress

 noun

: a forward or onward movement (as to an objective or to a goal) : ADVANCE

3: gradual bettermentespecially : the progressive development of humankind

: to develop to a higher, better, or more advanced stage

 progressive

 noun

Definition of progressive (Entry 2 of 2)

1a: one that is progressive

b: one believing in moderate political change and especially social improvement by governmental action

I wonder how many people can agree that human society has evolved to a "higher,better or more advanced stage" or in "social improvement by governmental action"

Here are a few examples of the insanity taking over the world.

Hint: If you go along with the "progress" bit you probably should go elsewhere on the internet.

Michigan College Cancels ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Because ‘Not All Women Have Vaginas’

 

Leaders at a college in Michigan decided to cancel its production of “The Vagina Monologues” because it’s discriminatory, given “not all women have vaginas.”

The women’s resource center at Eastern Michigan University put the kibosh on the famous production since it caters only to women who have the physical anatomy that accompanies the female sex, according to The Ann Arbor News.

 

The decision came after the resource center conducted a survey, asking respondents about “The Vagina Monologues.” Those opposed to the drama said they were concerned about the fact that the production excludes some women, namely those who don’t have vaginas.

Due to copyright laws, the play cannot be modified to include transgender women, so the school is just scrapping it altogether.

The resource center issued the following statement on the show’s cancelation:

We feel that making this decision is in line with the WRC mission of recognizing and celebrating the diverse representations of women on campus along with the overall mission of the Department of Diversity and Community Involvement, in which the WRC is housed, of supporting and empowering minoritized students and challenging systems and structures that perpetuate inequities.

We truly believe that it is important to center our minoritized students and this decision is in line with this mission driven value.

Céline Dion Launches New Gender-Neutral Clothing Line for Children with Creepy Ad

Here in New Zealand...
 

World reaction to Kiwi students' petition against word 'trivial' in History exam

A petition was started last week asking NZQA to consider the marking of this year's Level 3 History exam, when students realised they could not understand one of the words used in a question.

"Trivial" was the word printed on the History paper and some students were not impressed at the "decision of including an unfamiliar word".

The change.org petition, made by one of the students said the word caused "much confusion among the students who were sitting their exam".

A woman has her face cut open and the police do not have the resources to investigate while they go after people with small amounts of medical marijuana or elderly folk attending an euthanasia meeting.

"Over a month ago I was jumped by multiple people and had my face sliced open. Just wanna say a fat fuck- you to New Zealand Police for still not doing fuck-all about it even with the CCTV / statements and weapons in evidence"

Ban on school prize givings may damage students, says headmaster

Silverdale School and Stella Maris Primary on the Hibiscus Coast have both scrapped their end of year prize givings because they don't want to upset children who miss out.

Silverdale Primary School principal Cameron Lockie argued that children should try to succeed because they want to, not because of rewards that he calls "subjective at best".

 Meanwhile, for radical Muslims in Britain the local population are not welcome.

Watch: Muslims shout at Christians in Britain "This is our country now, GET OUT