Part One: The First American Yoga Cult Leader
Behind the Bastards · Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
April 25, 20231h 7m
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Show Notes
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
- https://archive.org/details/greatoomimprobab0000love/page/20/mode/2up
- https://www.npr.org/2010/05/09/126610671/the-great-oom-yogas-wild-ride-to-respectability
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30101/americas-first-yoga-scandal
- https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/where-is-yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury-now
- https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10827/bishnu-ghosh
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