Biohacking rebrands wellness for men, raising questions about self-optimization, contentment, and what it means to be truly well.
From Biohacking Will Become Big Business on pressreader.com
The Shala Daily
YOGA • PHILOSOPHY • LIFE
January 27, 2026
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✦ CULTURE ✦
Biohacking, Masculinity, and the New Wellness Hustle
Biohacking rebrands wellness for men, raising questions about self-optimization, contentment, and what it means to be truly well.
🕉️ KEY CONCEPTS
Satya
Truthfulness, seeing things as they are
Samskara
Impressions, habits that shape our behavior
Santosha
Contentment, acceptance of what is
Ahimsa
Non-harming, compassion toward self and others
"Biohacking increasingly looks like wellness for the manosphere, and its influencers make money via monetized posts, subscription services and books selling hypermasculine visions of health."
— Colleen Derkatch, Maclean’s
Contentment may be the ultimate 'biohack'—one that can't be bought, only practiced.
— MJH
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Original Article: "Biohacking Will Become Big Business" by Colleen Derkatch, Maclean’s
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