Derek Barris

You've had a long anti-vaccine sentiment here. Specifically in 2017, there was a measles outbreak right over there in Brentwood in Santa Monica, where an eradicated disease in America sprung up again. This idea of bodily sovereignty has really come about since the pandemic, but that has been taught for decades inside of yoga studios in America.

You've had a long anti-vaccine sentiment here. Specifically in 2017, there was a measles outbreak right over there in Brentwood in Santa Monica, where an eradicated disease in America sprung up again. This idea of bodily sovereignty has really come about since the pandemic, but that has been taught for decades inside of yoga studios in America.

You have pretty liberal parents then.

You have pretty liberal parents then.

Center for Countering Digital Hate identified 12 practitioners in the wellness space that were responsible for something like 70% of the vaccine disinformation on social media.

Center for Countering Digital Hate identified 12 practitioners in the wellness space that were responsible for something like 70% of the vaccine disinformation on social media.

Everyone knows about ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at this moment. The idea that that could help. You have meditations that are sold that are supposed to ward off COVID. You also have different breathing techniques. Some practitioners, including here in Los Angeles, teach breathing workshops because COVID is a respiratory illness.

Everyone knows about ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at this moment. The idea that that could help. You have meditations that are sold that are supposed to ward off COVID. You also have different breathing techniques. Some practitioners, including here in Los Angeles, teach breathing workshops because COVID is a respiratory illness.

And so their belief is, well, if you're breathing properly, it won't actually affect you.

And so their belief is, well, if you're breathing properly, it won't actually affect you.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Yes, that is absolutely a class you could pay for.

Yes, that is absolutely a class you could pay for.

In Los Angeles, one, because they're usually $25.

In Los Angeles, one, because they're usually $25.

And the honey is blessed by a shaman from Tibet, so you're paying for that as well. You have to remember that.

And the honey is blessed by a shaman from Tibet, so you're paying for that as well. You have to remember that.