Imperfect Paradise: Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 3 REDUX

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

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Part 3: Kundalini Yoga’s #MeToo Moment
In early 2020, just as fears about coronavirus are worsening, women begin accusing the founder of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan, of sexual assault. Guru Jagat’s surprising response sets the stage for her radicalization during the pandemic.

CONTENT WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault

(Original Air Date: Jan. 18, 2023)

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Larry Mantel.
0:02.0	Join me in our Film Week critics March 3rd
0:04.7	of the Orpheum Theater in downtown LA
0:07.2	for our annual Film Week Academy Awards Preview.
0:10.4	Tickets available now at LAAS.com slash events.
0:14.0	I'm your host Antonia Cerejido and this is imperfect paradise
0:26.6	yoga's queen of conspiracy theories part three a story that follows the wellness
0:31.6	industry to Q-Anon pipeline told through one yoga teacher's journey down the conspiracy rabbit hole.
0:38.0	On the last episode, Katie Griggs reinvented herself as a celebrity yoga teacher, Guru Juggett and began to adopt fringe beliefs.
0:46.7	She demanded that we call her Guru Juggett and in my own head I said, I'll be damned if I'll call you guru jugget. It's Katie not
0:56.5	guru juggett. The closer you are to Yogi Budgin the more direct your
1:00.8	contact the more juice and authority you have.
1:04.0	In this episode, another factor in Guru Jargat's radicalization,
1:08.3	a me too scandal involving the founder of Kumbelini yoga,
1:12.1	Yogi Bajan.
1:14.0	All of a suddenings, Kondelini Yoga teachers,
1:16.2	we paid thousands and thousands of dollars
1:18.5	for their certification, are going,
1:22.1	what, you guys have covered this up and this man was an abuser?
1:29.0	Here's earliest correspondent Emily Garin.
1:41.0	A warning, this episode includes descriptions of sexual assault and harassment.
1:42.6	In January 2020, two things happened that marked the end of seemingly unrelated eras.
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