Gwynnie taking credit for yoga’s popularity is really stretching it

THE bonkers phrase ‘conscious uncoupling’ is not Gwyneth Paltrow’s only contribution to western culture. The self-styled wellness guru believes she popularised yoga, telling a receptionist at a yoga centre that she only had her job, ‘because I’ve done yoga before’. By taking credit for an Indian practice dating back thousands of years, Gwynnie shows that however yoga might benefit the human spirit, it’s positively detrimental to the brain.