Under the Yoga Mat
Documentaries
Two other documentaries are in the making and will hopefully be picked up by a distributor and become available to the public soon.
'Breath of Fire' will be screened on June 12, 2024 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York - Link
'The Long Time Sun' was screened at the SXSW festival in Austin Texas on March 10, 2024 - Link
Vice - June 22, 2023
Yoga Is Having Its MeToo Moment
In April 2022, Vice released
'True Believers - Empire of Yoga'
They interviewed survivors, current and former members and leaders of his 3HO Healthy, Happy, Holy community. Below 2 excerpts.
Vice - May 31, 2023
Inside the 'Abusive' World of Yoga Guru Yogi Bhajan
Interviews
About the abuse and crimes in the 3HO Healthy, Happy, Holy
Organisation of Yogi Bhajan, a self-declared master of Kundalini 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.