Meet Aaron Rodgers’ controversial darkness-retreat guru, Aubrey Marcus

Meet Aaron Rodgers’ controversial darkness-retreat guru, Aubrey Marcus

In February of this year, Aaron Rodgers signed up for a darkness therapy session: For four days, the four-time NFL MVP contemplated his football future in isolated darkness in a 200-square-foot room at Sky Cave Retreats in Southern Oregon. “The darkness invites us into a core-splitting honesty where we are moved beyond our constant posturing,” Sky … Read more

Bali locals are sick of tourists seeking enlightenment—and get-rich-quick guru money

Bali locals are sick of tourists seeking enlightenment—and get-rich-quick guru money

Bali has become the land of sand, sun — and schemes. Charmed by Instagram accounts and episodes of “House Hunters International,” soul-seeking Americans are flocking to the Indonesian island to reinvent themselves as travel influencers, yoga instructors, life coaches and sex gurus. And they’re ripe for get-rich-quick hustles. In the town of Canggu — nicknamed Mosgu … Read more

Tali Friedman is the kosher cooking guru to the stars

Tali Friedman is the kosher cooking guru to the stars

Tali Friedman is the kosher cooking guru to politicians and celebrities — if they know who to ask. “I don’t advertise or do any marketing,” said the Jerusalem-based mother of four. “People find me by word-of-mouth.” Last summer she was spotted leading Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who are Jewish Orthodox, through Jerusalem’s bustling Machane Yehuda … Read more