For many, yoga is beloved. A life saver. A life affirmer.

Not only can millions of people attest to the Hindu instruction’s healing powers, but its standing in our modern culture as a trusted fitness practice and tradition is just as spiritual as it is physical. It can help you lose weight, vanquish anxiety and increase flexibility, just to name a few.

When 72-year-old retired, sleep-deprived Korean farmer Hyongtae Pae boarded a Japan-bound plane in Hawaii recently, he probably thought the bendy, stretchy discipline would eradicate the anxiety and fear he carried along with him. He most likely thought that yeah sure, I might get a tad bit jittery and whatnot, but I’ll have space to do yoga, so no worries — the minute I get upset or feel a tinge of queasiness, I’ll get in a pretzel and meditate and it’ll all be good.

But, then meal service on the flight came, he got in position, was told he shan’t do what he was doing — and all hell in the former agriculturist’s world broke loose.

All. Hell.

This from The Star:

The pilot of the March 26 United Airlines flight from Honolulu International Airport to Narita International Airport turned the plane around after hearing that Hyongtae Pae was yelling at crew members and shoving his wife, the FBI said in a criminal complaint.

He became angry when his wife and flight attendants told him to return to his seat. “Pae pushed his wife because she was trying to make him stop,” the complaint said. “He felt that she was siding with the flight crew.”

He tried to head-butt and bite U.S. marines who were passengers on the flight and tried to force him back to his seat, Assistant U.S. Attorney Darren Ching said at Pae’s detention hearing Wednesday.

According to the complaint, he threatened to kill passengers and was yelling that there is no god.

Pae went into a rage because he felt the flight crew was ordering him around, Ching said.

Ching said Pae shouldn’t be released because he’s a danger to his wife, himself and others. Pae urinated on himself and was on suicide watch at the Honolulu Federal Detention Centre, Ching said.

Pae and his wife were coming back from a trip to Hawaii to celebrate their anniversary. It was their first visit to the archipelago and, let’s face, most likely their last.