Yoga Fans Sexual Flames and, Predictably, Plenty of Scandal - NYTimes.com

Yoga Fans Sexual Flames and, Predictably, Plenty of Scandal - NYTimes.com

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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.

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IN RETREAT John Friend's sexual indiscretions upset many devotees of Anusara yoga, which he founded.

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ACCUSED GURU Swami Satchidananda was a superstar of yoga who gave the invocation at Woodstock