Lots of people are going to be butt hurt over this article this week, but guess what…..the dude has done his homework and nothing he has written about all of the scandal in the yoga community is a lie….which is more than I can say for what John Friend teaches and preaches…..or any other McYoga Enterprise for that matter…..
Yoga and Sex Scandals: No Surprise Here
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: February 27, 2012
The wholesome image of yoga took a hit in the past few weeks as a rising star of the discipline came tumbling back to earth. After accusations of sexual impropriety with female students, John Friend, the founder of Anusara, one of the world’s fastest-growing styles, told followers that he was stepping down for an indefinite period of “self-reflection, therapy and personal retreat.”
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CELEBRITY GURU Swami Muktananda had many thousands of devotees, including celebrities. A senior aide charged that he was a serial philanderer and sexual hypocrite.
Mr. Friend preached a gospel of gentle poses mixed with openness aimed at fostering love and happiness. But Elena Brower, a former confidante, has said that insiders knew of his “penchant for women” and his love of “partying and fun.”
Few had any idea about his sexual indiscretions, she added. The apparent hypocrisy has upset many followers.
“Those folks are devastated,” Ms. Brower wrote in The Huffington Post. “They’re understandably disappointed to hear that he cheated on his girlfriends repeatedly” and “lied to so many.”
But this is hardly the first time that yoga’s enlightened facade has been cracked by sexual scandal. Why does yoga produce so many philanderers? And why do the resulting uproars leave so many people shocked and distraught?
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Hypocrisy yes, when you use enlightenment (or any other "bargaining" chip) to coerce someone into doing something you want for your own personal gain….
No I think you are right – seems to be more male "gurus" having this issue than female….
I don't see a sex scandal. These are grownups. What I see is hypocrisy. Nothing says sex and enlightenment can't or shouldn't go together. But celibacy and sex? Not so much.
wow that is quite the article. You're right though- and I would say that there is a definite element of misogeny associated here, but perhaps that's my feminist viewpoint.