Chapter 1: Why the Hell Is the Advice Always Yoga?

  1.     Erin Donaghue, “New FBI Data Shows Rise in Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes,” CBS News, Nov. 13, 2018, cbsnews.com/news/fbi-hate-crimes-up-new-data-shows-rise-in-anti-semitic-hate-crimes/.

  2.     Rina Raphael, “Is This Workout for Your Feelings What American Women Need Right Now?,” Fast Company, Sept. 25, 2017, fastcompany.com/40469140/is-this-workout-for-your-feelings-what-half-of-america-needs-right-now.

  3.     “2010 Stress in America: Gender and Stress,” American Psychological Association, apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2010/gender-stress.

  4.     “Women Do 2 More Hours of Housework Daily Than Men,” Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Jan. 22, 2020, iwpr.org/media/press-hits/women-do-2-more-hours-of-housework-daily-than-men/.

  5.     Robert Williams, “P&G Campaign Asks for Greater Equality in Household Chores,” Marketing Dive, Feb. 5, 2021, marketingdive.com/news/pg-campaign-asks-for-greater-equality-in-household-chores/594601/.

  6.     “3 Out of 4 American Women Are Suffering from Burnout, According to New Harris Poll Commissioned by Meredith Corporation,” Dotdash Meredith, meredith.mediaroom.com/2019-10-03-American-Women-Confronting-Burnout-At-Epidemic-Levels-According-To-New-Harris-Poll-Commissioned-By-Meredith-Corporation.

  7.     Lydia Saad, “The ‘40-Hour’ Workweek Is Actually Longer—by Seven Hours,” Gallup, May 7, 2021, news.gallup.com/poll/175286/hour-workweek-actually-longer-seven-hours.aspx.

  8.     John Harrington, “Wouldn’t You Like 30 Mandated Days Off? Here Are the Countries with the Most Vacation Days,” USA Today, July 23, 2019, usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/23/paid-time-off-countries-with-the-most-vacation-days-brazil-france/39702323/.

  9.     Rina Raphael, “Almost Half of American Workers Have Cried at Work,” Fast Company, April 29, 2019, fastcompany.com/90339835/almost-half-of-american-workers-have-cried-at-work.

  10.   Justin R. Garcia et al., “Sexual Hook-up Culture,” Monitor on Psychology 44, no. 2 (February 2013): 60, apa.org/monitor/2013/02/ce-corner.

  11.   Rebecca Dube, “Mom Survey Says: Three Is the Most Stressful Number of Kids,” Today, May 11, 2021, today.com/parents/mom-survey-says-three-most-stressful-number-kids-t127551.

  12.   Brigid Schulte, “‘The Second Shift’ at 25: Q & A with Arlie Hochschild,” Washington Post, Aug. 6, 2014, washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/08/06/the-second-shift-at-25-q-a-with-arlie-hochschild/.

  13.   Caitlin Mullen, “Employed Moms Say Working Is Best Option,” Bizwomen, Sept. 17, 2019, bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/09/employed-moms-say-working-is-best-option.html.

  14.   Pallavi Gogoi, “Stuck-at-Home Moms: The Pandemic’s Devastating Toll on Women,” NPR, Oct. 28, 2020, npr.org/2020/10/28/928253674/stuck-at-home-moms-the-pandemics-devastating-toll-on-women.

  15.   “New Survey: Black and Latino Americans Face Greater Mental Health, Economic Challenges from COVID-19 Than White Americans,” The Commonwealth Fund, Sept. 10, 2020, commonwealthfund.org/press-release/2020/new-survey-black-and-latino-americans-face-greater-mental-health-economic.

  16.   James F. Fixx, The Complete Book of Running (New York: Random House, 1977), 15.

  17.   Phil Edwards, “When Running for Exercise Was for Weirdos,” Vox, Aug. 9, 2015, vox.com/2015/8/9/9115981/running-jogging-history.

  18.   Natalia Mehlman Petrzela (historian and author of Fit Nation) in discussion with the author, January 2022.

  19.   Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019), 11.

  20.   American Friends of Tel Aviv University, “Finding Relief in Ritual: A Healthy Dose of Repetitive Behavior Reduces Anxiety, Says Researcher,” ScienceDaily, Nov. 2, 2011, sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093324.htm.

  21.   Quoted in Gina Kolata, Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007), 47.

  22.   “Highlights from the 2016 Yoga in America Study,” Yoga Alliance, yogaalliance.org/Learn/About_Yoga/2016_Yoga_in_America_Study/Highlights.

  23.   Julie Beck, “‘Americanitis’: The Disease of Living Too Fast,” The Atlantic, March 11, 2016, theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/03/the-history-of-neurasthenia-or-americanitis-health-happiness-and-culture/473253/.

  24.   Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (New York: W. W. Norton, 2009), 144.

  25.   Arielle Tschinkel, “I Have Found Anxiety Relief in an Unlikely Place: SoulCycle,” HelloGiggles, Oct. 12, 2017, hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/health-fitness/soulcycle-anxiety-relief/.

  26.   Rina Raphael, “In Jogging Therapy, You Can’t Run from Your Feelings,” Fast Company, Oct. 13, 2017, fastcompany.com/40478128/in-jogging-therapy-you-cant-run-from-your-feelings.

  27.   Patricia Haefeli, “It Turns Out You Can Run From Your Problems—at Least Temporarily,” Women’s Running, Sept. 15, 2017, womensrunning.com/health/wellness/real-runners-run-away/.

  28.   Sarah Marsh and Redwan Ahmed, “Workers Making £88 Lululemon Leggings Claim They Are Beaten,” The Guardian, Oct. 14, 2019, theguardian.com/global-development/2019/oct/14/workers-making-lululemon-leggings-claim-they-are-beaten.