Under the Yoga Mat
Interviews with author Els Coenen
About the abuse and crimes in the 3HO Healthy, Happy, Holy
Organisation of Yogi Bhajan, a self-declared master of Kundalini Yoga.
Knack is a Belgian-Flemish weekly
January 10, 2024 - journalist Brecht Castel read Under the Yoga Mat and talked to Els Coenen.
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.
Documentaries
In April 2022, Vice brought a first documentary 'True Believers - Empire of Yoga' with interviews with survivors of the abuse in the world of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, current and former members and leaders of his 3HO Healthy, Happy, Holy community. The testimonies of two persons who are still revering the cult leader as a saint are mind blowing!
In 2023, Vice came with these 2 excerpts of the full documentary on YouTube.
Two other documentaries are in the making and will hopefully come out soon.
Vice - May 31, 2023
Inside the 'Abusive' World of Yoga Guru Yogi Bhajan
Vice - June 22, 2023
Yoga Is Having Its MeToo Moment