Under the Yoga Mat – English, Audio Book and Spanish editions
There is now a Kindle version in Spanish of GuruNischan and Els Coenen’s Under the Yoga Mat: The Dark History of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga book. This book is a comprehensive look at Yogi Bhajan’s tale of destruction and abuse. Gathering from many sources that put the story in perspective, it is well worth a…
Is it time to Excommunicate Yogi Bhajan and his crew?
Is it time for the chief religious authority of the Sikhs, to excommunicate Yogi Bhajan and his longtime complicit followers?
The Rise and Fall of Guru Jagat Explained in New Docuseries
Lots of publicity about this new 4 part documentary on Guru Jagat, Yogi Bhajan and his 3HO/Kundalini Yoga cult. The promo line reads “The Documentary Series Brings Viewers Behind The Curtain Of The Multi-Million-Dollar Kundalini Yoga Industry And The Scandalous Rise And Fall Of Leader Guru Jagat”
Who Enabled Yogi Bhajan? Uncovering the Truth
Who were Yogi Bhajan’s enablers — the lawyers, doctors, security people, groomers — that made his sexual predatory behavior possible?
The 3HO/Kundalini Yoga Cult is being sued by their own insurance company.
The dispute reveals a complex web of allegations, including claims of non-disclosure and misrepresentation with regards to sexual abuse on the part of the cult’s management.
Reappraising the Construction of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga
Philip Deslippe effectively presents the contrast between the original claims and the reality, highlighting the broader implications of the 2012 article and the subsequent revelations of abuse within 3HO.
Running on Empty
Regular readers may recall the contentious election held recently for board membership of the SSSC, a board that runs the 3HO/Kundalini Yoga cult and all its affiliated entities. It has been claimed that hard-core Yogi Bhajan abuse denier candidates rigged the election, by recruiting recent Kundalini Yoga converts from China to vote. Whether this is…
Verbal Assault at KWTC
The woman in question had just had a miscarriage and Bhajan is deriding her for her loss. He was an abusive bully, mascarading as a spirtual master. The woman in question left the cult soon after this verbal assault.
New Lawsuit filed against 3HO
A lawsuit was recently filed in Superior Court California – Los Angeles, brought by four female survivors of Yogi Bhajan’s sexual abuse.
New Documentary on 3HO Cult Premieres at SXSW
Long Time Sun by producer Rick Rubin is being debuted at the South By Southwest Festival. Mar 10, 2024 7:30pm—9:30pm. Look forward to the documentary appearing on a streaming platform near you.
“Reappraising the construction of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga”
“After the publication of ‘From Maharaj to Mahan Tantric,’ I continued to conduct research on the origins of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga. My subsequent findings supported the conclusions of the original article, but three findings in particular are significant and worth mentioning here.
Against Pseudoyogic Cults: A Philosophical Review of Under the Yoga Mat: The Dark History of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga
The recent book, Under the Yoga Mat, which covers many of the abuses of Yogi Bhajan and his 3HO Kundalini Yoga cult, by Els Coenen and Gurunischan, has been reviewed by an academic journal, The Journal of Dharma Studies. The review is unfortunately, behind a paywall, but here is a summary of the book review:…
Podcast: Abuse in Religious Context: The Story of Yogi Bhajan
A recent podcast interview on the Shiloh Podcast with Stacie Stukin and Philip Deslippe brings up and discusses many of the problems of 3HO and Yogi Bhajan and is well worth a listen. Unfortunately, there is a dissonance in this podcast…
Kundalini Yoga in decline?
the sexual abuse and child abuse scandals emerging around 3HO leader Yogi Bhajan have not helped.
3HO Cult School Closed for Another Year
Not a shocker that there were only nine students signed up for the current year, given all the stories of abuse that came out of Yogi Bhajan’s beleaguered ‘distance therapy’ school program.
He is back! Bhajan is back!
SatSimran, CEO of White Tantric Yoga wrote:
“During these last two years credible allegations of sexual misconduct and manipulation were revealed about Yogi Bhajan (1929-2004) towards students and within the institutions and businesses he supported.”
Why do cults encourage their followers to change their names?
Cults often encourage their followers to change their names as a way to disrupt a person’s authentic identity and replace it with a new identity. This is one of the ways cult leaders achieve their goal of promoting an “us vs. them” mentality and successfully isolating members from their former, pre-cult lives³. Changing names can…
The Lawsuit That Almost Exposed Yogi Bhajan Nearly 40 Years Ago
By now, you may have heard about Pamela Dyson’s lawsuit against 3HO cult founder Yogi Bhajan in 1986. At the time, her lawsuit was one of two lawsuits handled by the same lawyer against Yogi Bhajan. This is the story about the second lawsuit, the one you probably have not heard about.
Idea Viruses
This idea has been very effective in insulating Yogi Bhajan and his reputation to this day, especially with some of his remaining diehard followers.
New Report Documents Damage done to 3HO Children at the Cult’s Schools in India
“First and foremost, whether placed with other families, in ashrams, or in schools, children lacked the security and comfort of their parents from early ages and for long periods. Comfort and caring from other sources, with a few temporary exceptions, was also lacking. Interviewees felt they had no one to turn to for comfort or…
Book Reviews – ‘Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage’ and ‘The Inner Circle’
Unfortunately, this academic book review of Pamela Dyson and Peter Blachly’s books from Nova Religio is behind a paywall. Here is the text: Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage. My Life with Yogi Bhajan. By Pamela Saharah Dyson. Eyes Wide Publishing, 2020. 206 pages. $14.99 softcover. The Inner Circle—Book One: My Seventeen Years in…
Yogi Bhajan’s Lectures
He would, within the same lecture, praise his students as the saviours of mankind and then without missing a beat, berate them as ingrates, worms, dogs. His lectures were often populated with profanity, things you don’t expect from a ‘spiritual teacher’.
3HO – a Cult in Turmoil
…there is a battle for control of the Siri Singh Sahib Corporation, the organization that controls the 3HO Kundalini Yoga cult.
Yogi Bhajan’s Mini-Me
Yogi Bhajan died in 2004, but the techniques he used to create the cult of 3HO are alive and well and being used by Kundalini Yoga teachers to build their own little cults. Guru Jagat was an example. She passed away at a young age in 2021, but was well on her way to building…
Is this all ‘Enlightenment’ is?
“we can no longer draw a line and say this is where the self ends and this is where the rest of the world begins, so the brain concludes, it has to conclude, that at this moment you are one with everything.”
The Yoga Hustler
This two-part podcast focuses on the grifter/Kundalini Yoga teacher Katie Griggs/Guru Jagat, but in the introduction, there is a decent summary of Yogi Bhajan’s abuses and scams.
“we are recommending younger rather than older” – Sending children to 3HO Schools in India
— Excerpt from a Sikh Dharma (3HO / Kundalini Yoga) announcement that went out to all ashrams in 1984, titled “Announcement of Education Program in India”.
Did Yogi Bhajan put himself above the Sikh Gurus?
Is there any doubt on the messaging here?
YB’s photo is centered and double the size of Guru Nanak and Guru Ram Das. This was not an accident. Yogi Bhajan’s self-aggrandizement is well known, this is an historical, visual documentation of that fact.
The importance of Yogi Bhajan’s title
Bhajan’s title “the Siri Singh Sahib” was in establishing his legitimacy within Sikhism and the role it played in his businesses, allowing him to establish a “corporation sole”…
Kundalini Yoga Cult Organization to Rebrand?
For years, it has been a controversial name. The “Siri Singh Sahib Corporation” or SSSC for short, is the title of the 3HO Kundalini Yoga group’s governing body. The name of the corporation comes from the cult leader Yogi Bhajan. The now deceased guru chose the grandiose title “the Siri Singh Sahib” for himself while…
What Yogi Bhajan’s Yoga Teacher thought of him
“That fellow is no yogi-shogi”, scoffed Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari.
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