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Matthew Remski

Yoga practitioner and author (born 1971)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 7, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Matthew S. Remski is a yoga practitioner and author who has written on the connection between yoga and conspiracy theories. His work has been informed by his past experience as a cult member. Remski was instrumental in exposing inappropriate physical contact in Yoga classes through an article that he wrote for The Walrus in 2018. He has followed this up with books on the same theme such as his 2019 Practice and All is Coming and his 2024 Surviving Modern Yoga.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Matthew Remski” as yoga practitioner and author (born 1971). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2018, 2019, 2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Matthew, Remski and Yoga can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as yoga practitioner and author (born 1971). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2018, 2019 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Matthew Remski” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.