Part One: The First American Yoga Cult Leader
25 April 2023 - 1 hour 7 mins
Podcast Series
Behind the Bastards
Robert sits down with Katy Stoll to talk about The Great Oom, America's first Yoga cult leader, and precursor to all the wonderful abusive yoga cults of today.
(2 part series)
Footnotes:
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment
https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury
https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html
https://archive.is/02CTY#selection-763.0-767.586
https://www.history.com/news/yoga-vivekananda-america
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