The Inner Practice-Stories of Healing from the Yoga mat into Life
Sep 27, 2026 · 1 min · 1 segments
In this episode, Vince describes leaving a religious cult and finding himself alone. This came with fear, isolation and a sense of devastation. His support came from others who were abusing and…
telling this elder guy and then when the door closed behind me, it went with this thud and I'll never forget that thud.
It echoes through my consciousness all the time because it's like, oh shit, what have I done? What have I done? Because that was what you knew.
I have no support system.
I was absolutely alone because when you're in the cult, you're not allowed to associate with anybody outside.
They're called worldly.
I was super alone.
Oh my God, it was devastating.
Yeah.
So I found support through other people who were using and abusing drugs and alcohol.
And yeah, I stayed on that course for a long, long time.
And yeah, so I wasn't really there for my children anymore.
I had three children that came into being shortly after that, and I wasn't really there for their upbringing and everything, but now all three of my kids are in recovery, so it's kind of nice to
telling this elder guy and then when the door closed behind me, it went with this thud and I'll never forget that thud.
It echoes through my consciousness all the time because it's like, oh shit, what have I done? What have I done? Because that was what you knew.
I have no support system.
I was absolutely alone because when you're in the cult, you're not allowed to associate with anybody outside.
They're called worldly.
I was super alone.
Oh my God, it was devastating.
Yeah.
So I found support through other people who were using and abusing drugs and alcohol.
And yeah, I stayed on that course for a long, long time.
And yeah, so I wasn't really there for my children anymore.
I had three children that came into being shortly after that, and I wasn't really there for their upbringing and everything, but now all three of my kids are in recovery, so it's kind of nice to