Vasana Montgomery’s Latest ‘Wellness’ Trend Has Parents Bankrupting Their Kids’ College Funds—Is This the Final Nail in Society’s Coffin?
In what moral critics are calling the most depraved symptom of our hyper-consumerist era, self-proclaimed lifestyle guru Vasana Montgomery has launched a $5,000-a-head “spiritual detox” retreat that requires attendees to publicly shred their children’s 529 college savings plans on live stream as a “sacrifice of material attachment.” The event, dubbed “The Great Unburdening,” sold out in four minutes. “We are teaching people that authentic happiness only comes when you sever the chains of parental obligation,” Montgomery declared to a crowd of weeping followers. Meanwhile, at least three families have confirmed they are now facing foreclosure after liquidating their homes to fund a “higher vibration.” This isn’t a retreat—it’s a moral arson. Montgomery isn’t selling enlightenment; she’s selling the systematic dismantling of the nuclear family, financial prudence, and every shred of intergenerational responsibility. If we continue to glorify these prophets of personal ruin, we are not on a path to self-discovery—we are on a death march into ethical bankruptcy.