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Imagine a time before ex-cheerleader mean girls and lecherous douchebags had taken over yoga studios. Imagine a time when classes were harder to find, but were also less likely to suck. When everyone wasn’t a teacher and people were happy …
Bikram Choudhury raped two students, and his acolytes recruit women for him knowing what’s in store for them, two Jane Does say in separate lawsuits. Jane Doe No. 2 sued Choudhury and Bikram Yoga College of India in Superior Court …
There are many reasons one might decide to elevate their practice and commit to a teacher training. For me, I reached a level where I felt I had grown as much as I could through studio classes. I was ready …
There’s a lot of talk about spiritual jealousy, but our spiritual sides have very little to do with it… We’ve all experienced it. A beautiful young woman joins a class you’re taking, and proceeds to perform every asana perfectly; she …
First it’s John Friend and now Bikram Choudhury, I can’t fathom who will be next. Is it the celeb status of super chain studio owners? Is it pioneers trying to not only sell sexy but rake in the sex. We …
Bikram is in the news, again for a lawsuit. This time, rather than Bikram suing someone for infringing on his trademarked style of exercise, it’s him being sued for sexual harassment. Last year’s sex scandal featured John Friend of Anusara …
Bikram Choudhury is being sued for sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment by one of his students in a suit filed this month in L.A. Superior Court. Sarah Baughn, 29, claims Bikram Choudhury, 67, sexually assaulted her and sabotaged her yoga …
Last week we posted this question to our Facebook wall: What’s your yoga story? How did you find yoga, or how did yoga find you? What was that one event that changed the entire course of your life? The response …
You may have noticed that some yoga teachers stay on their mat most of the class, leading the class by doing the poses along with their students, while others are walking around the room, giving verbal instructions and manual adjustments. …
Alec Baldwin’s wife is in the yoga hot seat. A lower Manhattan man—Spencer Wolff—is suing the yoga instructor of eight years claiming her class left her with physical and emotional injuries. Spencer says he suffered “serious” and “severe” injuries during …
