
Part One: The First American Yoga Cult Leader
Behind the Bastards
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The Importance of Being Brave
In the 1960s, hippies started doing yoga and it took off in the middle age process. Bikram Bernard introduced a new version of yoga that was very popular with young people. He also taught Hindu dancing as a way to free his female patients from their libinatal restraints. The Latson scandal turned public sentiment against yoga and mysticism. And we're going to talk about all that in part two of this series.
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