Yoga Cults

Experience: my yoga class turned out to be a cult - the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jun/26/experience-my-yoga-class-turned-out-to-be-a-cult

The classes were quirky. We’d do 40 minutes of exercise and meditation to a mix of new age flute music and Michael Jackson. It was far less pretentious than the yoga studios I had visited before....

Followers Said Ra Ma Yoga Was a Cult. What Happens Now?

https://www.insider.com/followers-said-ra-ma-yoga-was-cult-what-happens-now-2021-10

Kundalini yoga was brought to the US in the 1960s by Yogi Bhajan, who died in 2004. It offered codes to live by, and Bhajan's followers — largely white ex-hippies — …

3 who ran yoga network that was accused of being cult-like are …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-ran-yoga-network-was-accused-cult-are-arrested-tax-fraud-case-rcna44747

Three leaders of a multimillion dollar international yoga network that promoted itself as “Yoga to the People” before closing down amid published reports that …

The Dangerous World of Harmful Yoga Cults With Yoga …

https://freedomofmind.com/the-dangerous-world-of-harmful-yoga-cults-with-yoga-teacher-and-author-matthew-remski/

Ashtanga Yoga has hundreds of satellite meeting spaces all over the world in multiple different languages. The book centers on 16 …

A New Report Details Decades of Abuse at the Hands of

https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/types-of-yoga/kundalini/abuse-in-kundalini-yoga/

The founder of Kundalini Yoga in the West is implicated in dozens of sexual assault and harassment claims according to an independent investigation conducted by …

The History of Yoga Cults - The Body International. A …

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Yoga cults in America. Stewart Lawrence examines the history of yoga cults from Chogyam Rinpoche to John Friend and ponders the future of the phenomenon. Bhagwan Rajneesh and Osho. Bikram …

‎Journey Into Yoga Cults on Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/journey-into-yoga-cults/id1599860304

Journey Into Yoga Cults on Apple Podcasts 17 episodes Oh f*ck, did we join a yoga cult?! We thought it was an organization that was changing the world through …

Yoga Cults - How To Spot Them - Decision Making Confidence

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The yoga teachers were spreading the ideas of Hinduism, often without even realizing it themselves. Secondly, this particular aspect was typically spoken about at the end of a …

Yoga, a Sex Cult?

https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/balance/sex/yoga-a-sex-cult/

A new and salacious New York Times article claiming yoga began as a sex cult has stirred up controversy throughout the yoga community once again. William …

And Left — A Yoga Cult | by Kristin Diversi - Medium

https://medium.com/the-establishment/why-i-joined-and-left-a-yoga-cult-a0627ca731b4

A cult, like many groups, offers members friendship, connection, and identity. Answers to the questions they seek. The difference between a cult and normal-ish sect or group, however, exists in ...