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A respected leader of one of the psychoanalytic movements criticized yoga because it was allied with retreat from the world, and so became a form of escapism which prevented the escapee from facing unpleasant personal problems. I answered that it could become such but it need not necessarily do so. So many criticisms--whether shallow or serious--have denounced "escapism" that the practices of retreat, solitude, and withdrawal, however brief and temporary, are regarded as things to be ashamed of. This is often wrong. They may be quite honourable.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 1 : Take Intermittent Pauses > # 199