Vice documentary (2021):

'True Believers - Empire of Yoga'

Inside the 'Abusive' World of Yoga Guru Yogi Bhajan

Yoga Is Having Its MeToo Moment


'The Long Time Sun' screened at the SXSW festival in Austin Texas on March 10, 2024 - Link

July 3-6, 2024


At the 2024 edition of the yearly International Cultic Studies Association conference,

Els Coenen & GuruNischan presented the Dark History of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga.

Slides - LINK

July 17, 2023


Cult expert Dr.Steven Hassan interviews Els Coenen about her new book

Under the Yoga Mat.


In 2020, he interviewed Pamela Saharah Dyson on her book Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage: My Life with Yogi Bhajan.

The Influence Continuum

BLOG - LINK

YouTube - LINK

Apple PodcastLINK

Spotify - LINK

July 17, 2023


Co-author GuruNischan interviews Els Coenen to hear her personal story linked to 3HO.


This is episode 60 of the Uncomfortable Conversations podcasts that GuruNischan in November 2020.

Uncomfortable Conversations

YouTube - LINK

Podcast - LINK

Knack Cover abuse in yoga

Knack - a Belgian-Flemish weekly - Jan 10, 2024


Interview - Sexual abuse in yoga: 'Yogi Bhajan was a pathological genius'. In this interview Els Coenen draws the context, motivation and purpose of the book and indicates parallels between the abuse in the Kundalini Yoga world of Yogi Bhajan and in the Catholic church.

Original in Dutch - Link to the translated version


Monologue of former sect member in the yoga world: 'I was a pawn in the power-hungry setup,' Els Coenen explains how she entered 'the cult' and became 'Ravinder' and how after she discovered this was not such a 'holy' set up, she stepped out again and became 'Els' again.

Original in Dutch - Link to the translated version