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Bikram Yoga founder not so spiritual after all

Bikram Yoga founder Bikram Choudhury has been accused of some less than enlightening antics, including rape, sexual harassment, and racism. The claims come from an ex-employee and two former students. According to the Jezebel news site, the cultish guru has a charming turn of phrase, waxing poetic about his penis, women’s bodies, and marriage. One of his students, Sydney Towne, kept a diary of Bikram’s antics when she trained with him full-time for three months last year. He apparently dislikes so many types of people that “a list seemed like the only way to keep track of it all,” she said. The reason she did not walk was because she loved Bikram Yoga but hated the way Bikram himself completely took advantage of people. “He preys on people, and there’s such a cult of personality around him that people don’t question his clearly inappropriate behaviour,” she said. Bikram talks a lot about his ability to avoid eating and sleeping and claims that sleeping is a “number one crime.” He alway...