Recent study that suggests that practicing yoga and meditation does not always reduce the person's "ego", as the ideal says, but rather can contribute to "ego inflation": Mind-body practices and the self: yoga and meditation do not quiet the ego, but instead boost self-enhancement Gebauer, Jochen, Nehrlich, A.D., Stahlberg, D., Sedikides, Constantine, Hackenschmidt, D, Schick, D, Stegmaie, C A, Windfelder, C. C, Bruk, A and Mander, J V (2018)