Editing Lifespring (section)

==Criticism==
The ''Post'' also reported in the same article that Hanley had been convicted of six counts of [[felony]] [[Mail and wire fraud|mail fraud]] in 1969, and was given a five-year suspended sentence.<ref name="Fisher"/>

In 1980, a federal judge rejected Hanley's request to have the felony conviction removed from his record. His request for a presidential pardon was also denied.<ref name="Fisher"/>

In 1990 [[KARE-TV]] (Channel 11, Minneapolis-St. Paul) ran a segment called "Mind Games?" that Lifespring said was deceptive and sensationalized.<ref name="KARE"/>

One prominent critic of Lifespring is [[Ginni Thomas]], wife of [[Supreme Court Justice]] [[Clarence Thomas]]. A congressional aide when she took the course, Mrs. Thomas said in an interview with the ''Post'' that she was troubled by exercises that involved stripping, sexual questions, and body shaming.  After talking with a [[cult deprogrammer]], she decided she needed to stop participating, but it took several months of work to overcome the "high-pressure tactics" to fully break with Lifespring. Afterwards, she received "constant phone calls" to pressure her to stay with the group, and ended up relocating to another part of the country to escape the calls.<ref name="Fisher" />