AFTER her mother had joined a yoga class, 12-year-old Agnes was eager to go along, too. The totalitarian regime of Communist Romania had recently toppled and many young people were in search of a spiritualism that they had been denied…[Continue Reading...]
The survivor of a Yoga cult is speaking about her horrific experience in a new documentary three years after the cult’s leader was arrested. Gregorian Bivolaru ran the ‘Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute’, a cult that would initially…[Continue Reading...]
Practicing yoga has its benefits: the meditative calm, grounded-ness and balance. The devoted pursue transformative spiritual journeys, through poses, chants and breath work. Some followers of tantra yoga take things even further, using sensuality to channel their energy and reach…[Continue Reading...]
Apple TV has released the official trailer for Twisted Yoga, a new three-part true crime docuseries that digs into the disturbing story behind a global tantric yoga network. Watch the trailer above, then read on for more about the investigation…[Continue Reading...]
New Delhi: In a disturbing revelation, a woman was unknowingly drawn into a sex racket under the guise of pursuing ‘spirituality’. According to a report in The Sun, the woman was coerced into engaging in sexual activities with Gregorian Bivolaru,…[Continue Reading...]
An investigation has uncovered shocking allegations of sexual exploitation, grooming and trafficking, linked to the teachings of convicted sex offender and ‘bad guru’, who taught at a yoga centre in Oxford. Gregorian Bivolaru, a 72-year-old Romanian, is spiritual guide to thousands…[Continue Reading...]
This article contains distressing content. Bec Sonkkila was in her late 20s and newly in love with yoga when she first heard of the Mahasiddha yoga school in the Indian city of Rishikesh and decided to visit for a month.…[Continue Reading...]
Georgia is reviewing a request by France to extradite a couple linked to a yoga sect movement who are suspects in an investigation into kidnapping, rape, and human trafficking, their lawyer said Wednesday. Romanian-born Mihai and Adina Stoian were arrested…[Continue Reading...]
PARIS (AP) — A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others were handed preliminary charges by a Paris magistrate on a raft of counts linked to an international ring that for years allegedly subjected followers seeking enlightenment to sexual exploitation.…[Continue Reading...]
Gregorian Bivolaru, a 71-year-old national of both Romania and Sweden, and 14 other people were to be questioned with a view to being potentially charged in the case, a judicial source told AFP late on Thursday. French authorities on Tuesday…[Continue Reading...]
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