• QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory, has jumped from anonymous message boards into the mainstream — even finding its way into the world of yoga.
• Yogis’ interest in the conspiracy-theory movement, which is focused on the notion that a “deep state” cabal of child traffickers runs the world, comes amid QAnon’s shift to an anti-human-trafficking “save the children” guise.
• While the yoga-QAnon intersection may be surprising, a confluence of factors, including the rise of medical misinformation amid the pandemic, has made it possible.
• “People are drawn to yoga and spirituality who have felt marginalized and let down by the medical system. For many women, it’s that they’ve felt patronized,” Julian Walker, a yoga instructor who’s researched cultism in wellness, told Insider.

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