Street Farbrengen Episode 106 - Are You Allowed to Breathe?

This week’s Street Farbrengen goes right into the fire. What’s really behind the controversy over breathwork in Crown Heights? Is the issue the practice—or something deeper? The conversation unfolds into an unexpected place: the idea that the real avodah zarah isn’t techniques, trends, or tools, but the subtle moment when we give away our sense of inner agency and hand our power to anything outside ourselves.The episode moves from breathwork to scrolling, from laziness to trauma, from Tanya to daily lived struggle—asking one piercing question throughout: Where do I feel powerless, and what do I use to avoid that feeling? It’s not a philosophy session. It’s not self-help. It’s a raw exploration of identity, agency, and the quiet war each person is actually fighting.