A $50 sensor on your arm, real-time data on your phone. The question isn't whether it works,

it's whether it's right for you. Welcome to the commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Each episode of

this series, I take one buzzy protocol and do the reading so you don't have to do all of it. And then I tell you honestly what I found.

Welcome to Is This Right for Me? So in 2018, I exited Wanderlust, the yoga festival business that I co-founded

10 years earlier. It was a wonderful and harrowing decade running the Lollapalooza of Wellness.

I was basically a missionary for Downward Dog,

recruiting lycra-clad millennials from around the world to these truly amazing weekend summits.

Now, while it appeared shiny and carefree on the outside,

Wanderlust required an insane amount of toil.

I spent most of my time on planes

chasing elusive sponsorship dollars

that would support the concern,

yes, all in the name of yoga.

Of course, my intentions were noble.

I wanted to create a big tent,

in this case, quite literally, for a practice that I believed could heal people.

I mean, I witnessed it firsthand at my wife's yoga studio, Kula. But my foray into health and wellness took a sharp turn into what I call wealth and hellness.

The New York Times once dubbed me a yogle, a clever portmanteau of

yoga and mogul. Well, after 10 years, the great yogel of wanderlust found himself in sad shape.

My brain galloped like a racehorse at night while it moped like a donkey during the day. I couldn't focus. I was sluggish.

Brain fog and chronic fatigue became my default state. Yeah, coffee-fueled mornings and wine-filled

evenings didn't help my cause. I thought I could mitigate my petty vices by going to the gym,

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