Ep 3 - Gurus Killed Yoga

Yoga is Dead

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

EP 3 - GURUS KILLED YOGA

In this episode, we discuss the mindset of followers that fall prey to gurus. We touch on concepts like ahimsa, brahmacharya, and isvara pranidhana. We take a look at yoga gurus, power dynamics, and personality characteristics that are often linked to abuse, harm, and misconduct. We share our personal stories of guru vs mentor. We wrap the episode with harassment communication guidelines for studio owners to adhere to and for traveling yogis as homework.

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0:00.0	He would have the youngest girls sleep in the quarters nearest to him.
0:04.4	That sounds like some R Kelly shit right there.
0:06.5	This is, yes, this is some R Kelly saw me move the other shit.
0:10.3	Warning, this episode is really triggering.
0:14.0	Hello everyone. I'm Thajal and I'm Jaysel.
0:17.0	And this is Yoga is Dead.
0:20.0	We're two Indian American Yoga teachers navigating the weird and tricky world of yoga.
0:24.0	Get ready to hear our personal stories, thoughts, and research on who killed yoga.
0:29.0	Grab some shy, a tall comfortable seat, and let's go.
0:32.0	Jayce, a tall comfortable seat and let's go.
0:37.0	Jaisal, do you have any gurus? I think I would consider my dance teacher my guru.
0:40.0	Ooh, Pachata?
0:42.0	Sasa?
0:43.7	No, just like many Indian American girls,
0:46.8	I did Potatium almost every single week
0:50.1	from when I was five to like 18 or 19.
0:55.0	Barth not the classical South Indian dance?
0:58.0	Yep.
0:59.0	And shout out to all the New England ladies who did Bart Natum with Jasmine Shaw, whooo.
1:06.7	She's a little celebrity up there.
1:08.4	I'd like to see the demographics of how many of those New England Bart Natheum students are listening to this podcast right now.
1:14.7	That would be amazing.
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