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Part Two: The First American Yoga Cult Leader

Behind the Bastards

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Bikram Choudhury's Story

At age 17, during a routine training session, Bikram slipped and dropped a 380 pound weight on his knee, crushing his patella like a seashell. Doctors who were rushed to the side of the young celebrity declared he'd never walk again. He claims that in kind of this journey to prove them wrong, he heals himself by discovering these mix of asanas and breathing techniques which are later going to become what's known as bicrum yoga. In short order, people were calling him Yogiraj, the yogi with the golden leg. But sadly, we hate to see it so gosh told him to travel to Mumbai next week for an open-heart surgery.

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