The Scandalous Celebrity Cult Leader From Suburbia | Guru Jagat and Yogi Bhajan Documentary

in a spiritual World dominated by men a young girl from Colorado was determined to be her own Guru and that's what she did Katie from the suburbs became Guru jagot a woman who liked to be on top having been anointed by a spiritual Kundalini Master Guru jagot was ready to change the world she wrote a book spoke at Harvard was featured in prom magazines had a fashion line and was CEO of seven businesses including three Global yoga studios where Hollywood Housewives and celebrities flocked and chanted oh celebrities like Alicia Keys Kate Hudson and Russell bran sung her praise but she wasn't your average Guru she listened to rap wore big jewelry and bragged about making money lots and lots of money but somewhere along the way the girl boss facade began to crumble this is a story about luxury fraud businesses becoming massive Empires a cult-like work environment and much [Music] more whatever that you need o you can't be sure that I got it all I got everything open up your [Music] eyes wake up from your sleep everything you want everything I got all right here I got what you want I got what you need I got it all your CU I got it all everyone else is at this is a story of Scandal a story of devoted disciples it's a story of selling spirituality and it's a story of a guru's fall from grace whatever that you want whatever that you need and take CU I I got it [Music] all Kundalini is a Sanskrit word represented symbolically as a coiled snake and refers to a form of divine feminine energy believ to lie at the base of the spine through a series of deep and Rapid breathing exercis excises Kundalini Yoga releases this energy and brings it into the world as a form of what followers call feminine Liberation Kundalini appeals to its followers as they are told they can experience what is called an Awakening where mental emotional and spiritual levels of energy are aligned and brought to Consciousness Kundalini followers believe the person gains a higher awareness and understanding of their soul their purpose and the nature of reality [Music] itself a young woman from Fort Collins Colorado named Katie Griggs attended her first class and within 20 seconds of the session beginning she found herself experiencing what many seek years to find a Kundalini Awakening Katie Griggs had grown up in a Christian family and attended a local private school as an adult The Awakening led her to believe that her Destiny was to become a disciple of Kundalini and its founder and leader Yogi bu Bud Yogi budon was born harbon sing KSA in India in 1924 he worked as a customs inspector before turning to yoga in the 1980s he immigrated to Canada where he began teaching Kundalini to the masses after claiming he was a well-known holy man back home in India and while Yogi budon was the one who brought Kundalini to the west and although he claimed to have created Kundalini what he really did was take ancient practices from Sikhism Buddhism Hinduism and package them up so they were more appealing for a commercial audience something which many mainstream members of the seik religion have said violated seik teachings Yogi budon called Kundalini ancient technology and claimed he had been gifted the teachings of Kundalini by its oldest known Master he told followers that he had to ride a helicopter to rural India where he knelt outside the mouth of a cave for 3 days before the yogi Master agreed to teach him he believed it was his Destiny to take these ancient practices and beliefs to the world and made it his life's mission to share his unique version of spirituality to his followers budgeon claimed to be able to see the future and told westerners he was the official religious leader of all seeks in the Western World Yogi budgeon told his followers they could only reach what he called called a Kundalini Awakening if they gave up alcohol drugs and meat he also taught Western medicine was the root of all spiritual problems his followers who suffered from depression or anxiety were told to practice yoga more devoutly or to meditate longer seeing a doctor or psychiatrist was an abomination in budgeon world he also told followers that the only way to fully release the Divine energy of the coiled snake was to to live a celibate and monogamous life there was just one problem though Yogi budon was married with Children even more concerning than his contradictory teachings were his beliefs about sa budon didn't believe essay existed he told his followers there was no such thing and in 1978 he stated that essay was invited by the person the harm was done to and that the victim was always subconsciously providing the environment ments and Arrangements the idea that there are no victims and everything that happens in your life is your fault is a common manipulation tactic used in most Cults and high control organizations but budon was right about one thing he was his own best marketing strategy within only a few years of arriving in Canada he opened Kundalini centers across the United States selling spirituality to westerners was a profitable business model for the man who claimed to be a guru as his disciples loved to think they were being guided on their spiritual Journeys by a holy man directly from the source of yoga but Kundalini wasn't Bud's only business budgeon built an Empire you may have heard of a brand of tea called Yogi tea budgeon created Yogi tea in 1984 and Yogi tea grew to become a multi-million dollar herbal tea company to this day the yogi budon company owns and operates Yogi T but the peaceful Guru wanted to profit from war and so he owned and operated a private security firm known as aall security at the time of this recording a call security has been awarded at least $3.5 billion in federal contracts since the year 2000 and its website States it provides private security for 26 Army and Air Force bases and installation around the world further research of the company made it clear that a call security profits mostly from War which is in stark contrast to Yogi budgeon teachings of peace and love in 2016 the US Department of Justice released a report examining the United States Marshall service contract with a call security Inc to provide court security services in Pennsylvania AAL is one of the largest providers of contracted Federal Judicial Security Services protecting 112 Federal cour houses in 12 States the doj's office of Inspector General audited the services provided at the Philadelphia Courthouse during 2013 which were valued at approximately $39 million the doj found that a call incorrectly build the United States Marshall service and did not comply with contract requirements recommendations were made to the usms regarding a call security but not much else was done while budon dawned the Robes of a humble man he lived a life of excess he had a fleet of rolls-royces and regularly traveled between his expensive homes in Beverly Hills and New Mexico but back to Katie Yogi budon offered his disciples the opportunity to join him in person and learn how they could spread the word of Kundalini to the world there was just one catch attending the event would cost you thousands of dollars Katie wasn't going to miss this opportunity despite the expense and so she set off on a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts she traveled to India where she joined Yogi budgeon and 1,000 other enthusiasts for the summer solstice the group woke at 3:30 a.m. for prayer and meditation and at one point Katie claimed to have spent 3 days in a tantric meditation with her leader Katie told the story that over the coming months she grew closer to budgeon and after spending two summers learning the ways of Kundalini budgeon approached her to undertake a special Mission he told Katie that she should move to Los Angeles and spread the word about Kundalini to a wider audience Katie was honored to have been hand chosen for such important work and she quickly began to make arrangements to move to LA little did she know that one day she would be Mee mingling with celebrities and featured in well-known magazines before Katie and budgeon parted ways budon gifted Katie with a new name she would now be known as Guru jaged ironically on budgeon website 3ho.org one can pay $40 and get a spiritual name personally selected for them the three H's in 3ho stand for healthy happy holy and the healthy happy holy organization claims to be a nonprofit 3 ho o is a well-known pillar in the yoga world and metaphysical circles as 3ho provides astrology calini chakras and third eye trainings as well as celebrations and Retreats as I'm writing this 3 currently has a December Retreat planned in the Santa Cruz California mountains to celebrate the winter solstice where people will travel from around the world to attend a look online at the retreat's daily schedule shows events begin at 4M a.m. and do not end until 9900 p.m. many ex-members have called 3 a cult Katie now back from her retreat with budon had her new name of Guru jaged Jagged is the Sanskrit word for bringer of light to the universe and the girl from the suburbs was ready to shine but by the time Katie returned to the states budgeon already had at least one lawsuit pending against him from a former assistant who claimed to have been repeatedly awarded and abused while working for him word got around but Katie paid no mind to it in Katie's eyes her master was the embodiment of Kundalini and the allegations were that of a bitter woman who had never experienced a release of her feminine energy in 2003 Katie arrived in LA to begin her new life as a yoga teacher but she didn't begin to use her new name just yet instead she began to refer to herself as Kundalini Katie it was at this time that her physical transformation began replacing the yoga esque pants that are popular among workout crowds Katie started to Dawn white flowy robes and wrap her long blonde hair in a turban just like Yogi budon she began to teach Kundalini classes and spread not only the yogic practice but also the underlying beliefs her master had guided her in but just as her classes began to increase in popularity she received devastating news her mentor and spiritual guide the person she looked up to most in the world was dead at the age of 75 Yogi budon had passed from congestive heart failure Katie was devastated she believed budgeon to be the father she never had and the God she put her faith into more than 1,000 people attended the Yogi's funeral which came complete with a long meditation and open air cremation and it was at this funeral that Katie had her next realization the Disciples of Kundalini were a drift and lost without their leader budgeon needed to be replaced who better than Katie to take over she had been hand chosen by the man himself before so why not Elevate herself to his role in the wake of Yogi budgeon death Katie increased her hours to teach yoga full-time over the next 10 years Katie established herself as her master's successor attending every calini event and speaking at every occasion by 2013 when the next phase of her transformation began Katie's classes were often sold out and word of Kundalini had spread the next phase of Katie's transformation was social media when Instagram emerged as a means to promote herself Katie wasted no time in marketing herself to the masses she began posting photos and videos offering guidance and resources to her followers including starting a YouTube channel in 2013 where she posted videos on what she claimed were liver cleanses and detoxes how to battle anxiety and negativity and even meditation for Children Katie spoke of Enlightenment and transformation through Kundalini and she made sure her followers knew there was nothing wrong with wanting to be rich and look good and she preached that Kundalini could help you achieve it your relationship to work is your relationship to everything and if you've if some of you have been married for a long time how many how many who's been married for over 15 years or 12 years or couple of you I mean work anybody like the hardest work you've ever done so your relationship to work nothing about that is romantic and like passionate anymore it's just work and you can through your work you can make it romantic and passionate you can have a beautiful relationship but it it takes a lot of work true or not true so your relationship with work is your relationship with everything and Yogi buan said if you want to find your true purpose whatever's in front of you do it so well so exquisitly with all of your heart that the Universe can't help but but surrender to you your success can't help but surrender to you because you're so magnificent in 2013 Katie claimed she had experienced yet another Epiphany her most powerful one yet during a Gong ceremony Katie said the voice of budgeon came to her and told her now is the time to start your own studio in Venice Beach and this time you must do it for the exaltation of huie J huie J was born Steven Carol harzel in 1956 in his 50s Steve began working for budgeon as an assistant turned business partner but the pair's business dealings weren't always legal and in the year 2000 Steve spent time in jail after he was arrested by the FBI for scamming people with printer toner that never arrived for this crime he was dubbed the toner Bandit by local media in ordered to spend 8 15 months in prison and repay $155,000 to victims of his fraud but his prison sentence didn't seem to worry budgeon who was involved in dodgy dealings himself but budon and Hy Jen who budgeon now called a teacher went about business as usual charging high amounts for yoga retreats face readings and spiritual Awakenings at budgeon hand I only know a couple things and I've been teaching teaching them over and over again but since no one seems to get them that's good for me so I don't have to learn anything else but I just try to explain it better um the Paras psychology of moving thought forms that's that's the game and Yogi bajin put it the inner vision of the subconscious is difficult to achieve and you have to get enough energy in your system and vibrate the neurons with enough velocity that you can create a perceptual apparatus where you can start to see the subconscious thought forms that everyone has to deal with and most people are one thought takes them they work on one thought and its Associated thought forms for several lifetimes off the back of her latest Epiphany where she claimed to hear budgeon speak to her and tell her to dedicate her Studio to his right-hand man hu Jen Katie decided she would do as guided and opened her own Kundalini Studio but she needed the money to get started so she hit up her first spiritual guide her mother Nancy and convinced Nancy to give her $20,000 to open a yoga studio in Venice Beach except Katie didn't just open a yoga studio in 2013 she opened the raah ma Institute for a applied yogic science and technology R means sun and moon in Sanskrit at The Institute ktie offered business classes where she gave advice on topics like how to build a highly profitable business and how to achieve new levels of prosperity fulfillment and true success every person that walked through the door to join a yoga class became a target for Katie's other money-making Ventures there were Retreats held at thousands of dollars a day business classes and online courses crystals for sale and her fashion line of white dresses with the business ready for customers Katie was finally ready to embody the last stage of her transformation she declared her name was now Guru jaged and she shared that the title was the final gift she received from budgeon before his death somehow with the adornment of her white robes and headscarves and the backdrop of her ramama Studio the world believed she was the second coming of Yogi budon upon opening day her classes were full and followers flocked in droves to be seen at Rama and by Katie's side before long she had attracted high-profile disciples like Alicia Keys Kate Hudson and Russell Brand Kundalini Yoga bought to the west by Yogi Bajan here is Yogi ban let's try one of these exercises right now first exercise we'll try is called ego Eradicator and who needs it more than me Kate Hudson once stated quote Guru jaget has a beautiful way of bringing a youthful and accessible approach to an ancient practice and her mission to bring more people into this movement of reaching a collective higher Consciousness end quote Shang takes look at how much today is benefiting yoga businesses an ancient practice given a modern twist Guru juget isn't your typical yoga Guru the American has built a multi-million dollar business as a yoga Master to the Stars fans include Alicia Keys and Kate Hudson she travels the world to teach her form of Kundalini Yoga which has her following amongst one big growth market now the Millennials are monetizing and I think it's very this is we've seen a huge jump just from the kind of past nine months when the Millennials are now starting to become parents and monetizing in the digital space and consuming in different ways down and that's only scratching the surface 300 million people are now practicing yoga worldwide these celebrity endorsements Open Door does for Katie into a realm she could have only once dreamed of while Katie was mingling with celebrities huie J also found his way to Hollywood when he founded a band called white sun in 2015 only 2 years later white sun would go on to win a Grammy at the 59th annual Grammy Awards and it's our Dream to see this world become a more beautiful place for anyone who shares in that dream with us thank you we love you and let's do better SOS I love you thank you thank you as Katie's profile grew celebrity followers began to speak out in support of Katie and The ramama Institute Alicia Keys praised her when she said quote after meeting Guru jaget and becoming introduced to the technology of Kundalini every part of me has become awakened I'm clearer stronger more conscience and more creative than ever Guru jaggets tell it like it is style is modern relatable and very doable I love it end quote off the back of such high praise Katie was invited to give a speech at Harvard Divinity School one of the constituent schools of Harvard University where she was hailed as a thought leader and entrepreneur here's a clip of Katie at Harvard Divinity School can you just share a little bit about your backgrounds and don't leave out the struggle like we want to hear the struggle you know if there was a struggle um with money and and business um okay struggle let's make this dramatic um so I was raised by a a single mother uh who is a very hard worker and taught me a lot about work ethic I think work ethic gets you everywhere um and I was saying this last night I don't feel like I have to say this as much in Boston because and in New England you you know there's some hard working going on around here and I appreciate it um and at Harvard but you know we're we're in California a lot and people think a 24-hour work week is full-time um and so we have to you know kind of remind them so um but I do feel work ethic gets you everywhere and I certainly that was installed um and I I believe we were talking about this as well the most successful people no matter where you know in what industry or sector Fame riches whatever the things you know people think that they want Even though once you get them it's a whole another story um every one of them has that one quality which is Hardcore work ethos so I really I I was taught that at early age and then you know just struggle struggle struggle I mean if you're an entrepreneur what are you doing you're up all night thinking about how to pay the rent I mean that's welcome to the party and that that goes for about 20 years um and you lose your youth uh you've traded your youth for some sort of dream um of entrepreneurialism and but but my teacher Yogi bujan says that the business and money are some of the quickest ways including romantic relationship to uh become conscious and and they're they're the biggest spiritual practices and they will offer you the biggest spiritual tests so um he particularly said money and sex they're they're the heaviest things on the planet it so if you can get conscious in money and sex you're going to be able to maneuver a lot less complex situations with Grace so yeah but what Katie forgot to tell her Harvard Divinity School audience was that she was still struggling to pay the rent and as Guru jaget Rose to the top she would begin stealing tens of thousands of dollars from yoga studio owners [Music] before speaking at Harvard Katie published a memoir called Invincible living the power of yoga the energy of breath and other tools for a Radiant Life ever the entrepreneur Katie launched her own website where followers could get their hands on one of her turbin or flowing white dresses she claimed her dresses quote hold a very high energetic frequency meant to uplift the aura of the wearer through the art of dressing up launched to coincide with the Spring Equinox because those are kind of the power days of the year end quote Katie also launched a podcast called reality riffing between the YouTube channel book podcast social media and speaking engagements Guru jagot was inescapable but far from a humble and ethereal leader as her Yoga practices might suggest her teachings had become strangely specific and some would even say manipulative many of Katie's students came only to attend her classes but those who would dedicate themselves to her teachings claimed their lives became rigorous and controlled as one former member stated quote if you are a devout student of Guru jaget every minute of every day is prescribed including what to eat how to eat when to sleep who to see and so on end quote Katie advised her followers that their depression could be cured by daily cold showers and reassured them that the best way to detox and heal their body was by eating only fruit starting with the letter P for seven weeks um and this is how it's going to go so you do this Kaa every day we'll do full times this morning um which is quite a challenge but you can shorten the times that you you have the right to shorten in the times um if you so choose and I think there's some videos um that have the shorter times available on your uh PE fruit your metabolic makeover challenge page um so we'll do the full times today just to kick it off it's new moon and the glandular system is ready for a a reset which is what this incredible Crea does and then every day you can incorporate foods that begin with P in your language if you're multilingual you more choices so aren't you lucky um and so any food or fruit that begins with a pee that is not popcorn or pizza or Marta had a dream this morning um after sodna that I told her that eating pasta was a part of the Pea food diet um so that's not true that is disinformation um any naturally uh forming pea food if it just comes off the tree and it's called a p uh with the first letter P then that is what you can eat but Katie's favorite pea food was Postmates as it was reported by former staff that she lived on a diet of Postmates deliveries sometimes ordering Postmates up to five times a day yet her employees were expected to follow a strictly controlled meal plan of lowc calorie foods and regular fasting Katie said this was for deeper spiritual connection but it had the effect of leaving her staff in a trans-like state given their bodies and Minds were malnourished this was on top of the fact that most of Katie's employees were working 60 to 80h hour weeks Katie also regularly verbally abused her staff and in group chats sent messages that said quote I can't do everything you all end quote all of Katie's staff were paid minimum wage and offered no health benefits former staff members recall paychecks regularly bouncing leaving some unpaid for months but it wasn't just her staff Katie wanted control over in one YouTube video Katie declared that after the age of 18 years old it was damaging to spend more than 72 hours under the same roof as your parents she stated that in a video just days before Thanksgiving when thousands of her followers would be heading home to spend time with their families at another time she told followers to only eat melon for 7 Days in order to Deepa the brain stating quote foods that look like brain do something for your brain end quote deing is a debunk method of detoxifying brain cells Katie claimed that repeating her mantras every day would mean you would never need Cosmetics again as the words breathed energy into facial muscles but most of all her teachings were based on one underlying belief you can be both spiritual and a capitalist and that it's okay to live for designer Brands and spend money faster than you make it she told her followers that in fact doing so would bring you closer to your true purpose and Katie lived into this belief she never wore the same clothes twice only flew business class and refused to stay in anything but five-star hotels Guru jaged was living the High Life over the coming years Katie expanded her business and opened studios in Boulder Colorado and New York before long Katie was eyeing the international market and in 2016 she traveled to Spain to open a raw M studio in mayorca Spain mayorca is a playground for the Rich and Famous and Prime real estate for the type of crowd Katie attracted the new studio would be a joint effort between Katie and a follower and Kundalini devote named Philip Hughes who lived in mayorca Philippa had long dreamed of opening a yoga studio and through meeting Katie she believed her dream was finally going to become a reality while getting the studio ready to be opened Katie moved into to philippa's one-bedroom apartment which was above their Studio which Philippa shared with her 3-year-old son but one day Katie demanded that Philippa and her child share the couch while she got the bed the only bed being as Philippa had rented the entire building herself she refused the next day seven men and women of the guru's Inner Circle surrounded Philippa and screamed at her for refusing to give the guru what she wanted Philipa told Business Insider quote they literally rounded me up and they were attacking me saying she's your teacher how dare you not serve end quote Philippa said this is when she started to piece things together during the months Guru jaget was staying with her with her Inner Circle nearby she would watch as Katie bered and demeaned her employees regularly Philippa said she once witnessed Katie call her employees at 3:00 a.m. demanding quote where's my hairbrush I didn't get it because I don't do that I don't serve end quote demands like these were not abnormal from the guru after months of intense planning and 80-hour weeks the mayorca studio was finally ready to open on opening day instead of Katie thanking Philippa for her role in funding and developing the studio she dedicated it to none other than huie Jen huie J had traveled to mayorca for the opening and one week later Filippo received a bill for $1,900 to pay for his attendance that was the moment philipo realized she had been scammed this realization opened open the door to what was really going on behind Katie's ethereal white robes and turban Philipa reached out to Kundalini Associates who had been involved in the opening of the boulder studio and they had a very similar story to tell Katie had collected $200,000 in seed money from investors to open the boulder studio and in return she promised to share the profits of the business except she didn't instead Katie used the business credit cards to pay for her own personal expenses and outstanding debts at her Venice California studio and any and all profits from the Boulder Colorado Studio were siphoned into Katie's personal accounts the boulder Studio couldn't survive the losses and was forced to close just a few months after opening Philippa ended up losing more than $2,000 that she invested in the business including the leases and unpaid time Philip ended her business relationship with raah ma less than one year after it had begun Katie then went on to open another myor studio just streets away from the one Philippa had co-founded despite the dodgy dealings in both mayorca and Boulder Katie's star continued to rise but behind closed doors the Rama Institute was going in exactly the opposite direction even with classes regularly sold out checks were bouncing employees weren't being paid and Katie's Studio was consistently behind on rent cracks were beginning to show but they were about to become creases ex employees began to come forward to tell their version of the guru jaget they knew behind the scenes they said that Katie would demand her staff share their deepest darkest secrets and have them relive their trauma so she could later use their experiences against them while there are many examples of this Behavior one that sticks out is an employee who said Katie attacked an assistant for forgetting to add sour cream to her burrito the assistant said quote we were all in a meeting and she looked at us and said enough with this I'm mad at Mommy BS don't take it out on me because you're mad that your mom used to right in front of you end quote through all this her employees were made to feel like they should be grateful for the opportunity to work with a Kundalini master with Katie even telling employees quote when you see job listings for the things you do at my company just know I am exploring new options end quote staff were pitted against each other and told they could be fired at any minute they likened Rama to a cult where absolute Devotion to their leader was demanded and yet Katie celebrity disciples were still speaking in support of her in 2019 Alicia Keys was was about to host the Grammys in a later interview Alicia reported that on the day of the award show she spent the morning with Guru jacket as the media watched on and on the day of Alicia told the media quote I'm getting ready for a powerful magnificently charged with positive energy Day end quote but with or without celebrity support the Moment of Truth for Katie Griggs was about to fly high [Music] in 2019 an ex employee of Yogi budgeon named Pamela Dyson released a tell all Memoir of her time in the Kundalini fold for 16 years Pamela was a disciple of budgeon and worked as an assistant to him except this work wasn't done by choice in Pamela's book she claimed that despite budgeon preaching being founded on monogamy and celibacy she was forced to perform intimate acts on budgeon and repeatedly suffered essay and worse by the guru the reason Pamela stayed so long was that he made it impossible for her to leave she had no money nowhere to go and was effectively imprisoned budon also got her pregnant and then forced her to get an abortion Pamela was the one who sued budgeon all those years ago when Katie first started her Kundalini Journey but with all of Bud's money and influence Pamela was unable to continue to fight the case and eventually she was forced to settle out of court with the explosive allegations against the Great Master of Kundalini the press and the public naturally looked to his successor for a comment and what did the Great Guru Jagged say when faced with either denouncing the person who made her or exalting him even further Katie came to the defense of her master and then uploaded Clips to her Instagram where she stated that Pamela's tale is quote no truer than any other Tale the truth as always lies in the eye of the beholder end quote within days Katie had filmed a 55-minute video with huie Jen which attacked Pamela's background and allegations but Katie and huie Jen's comments did little to stem the flow of complaints against budon and over the next 6 months more than 36 women came forward with allegations of essay against budgeon and he began to be referred to as the Harvey Weinstein of yoga a man who prayed on vulnerable women and convinced them that they were special and that being in the presence of such greatness gave him full control and access over their bodies and lives he made them participate in orgies pornography and worse an independent report released in the wake of the claims found that the abuse more likely than not did occur those infatuated and devoted to budon refused to believe he had done anything wrong after all according to him sa doesn't exist Katie and huy Jen doubled down on their statements and in a clip shared online Hy Jen told a rama Kundalini class quote I don't believe the victims that's our simple position end quote in the wake of the me too movement Katie's comments against the victims divided followers of Kundalini they were torn between their love of the practice and its teaching and the leader they aspired to embody but it's what Katie did next that really turned many against Guru jaget in a video uploaded to her Instagram where she once again bashed Pamela and her allegations Katie claimed that she was being attacked by robots not online Bots or trolls actual robots because there were people who were there not just there once a week they were there every day day in day out and they just they they've been through these allegations they've been through these takedowns they've been through the CIA deprogramming uh uh that went on in the 70s and the 80s they've been through these rich seek uh right uh wrst groups that never liked yoi Bajan and tried to take him down forever they've been through the Pamela Dyson of it all you know this woman you know she she conveniently you know finishes her book when before she sued and before a million other things happened so that the the story looks a certain way um and also you know we have the inside you know we have a lot of inside intels because I have a very inside kind of view on what's going on who got paid what happened how these things go on and then I'm being attacked by robots so you tell me if we're just dealing with a a sex Survivor situation I that's not my experience because I'm being attacked by robots and then came the bombshell she would never recover from Katie admitted to the world that she had never actually met Yogi budon in person that's right the person she claimed gave her her spiritual name and whom she claimed to have studied beside for 3 years her master who hands selected her to go to La and open Kundalini Studios and the one she has defended against multiple essay and abuse claims she never met him and so in the wake of the me too movement not quieting down but growing Bolder by the day Katie's story changed from defending budon to simultaneously saying she had nothing to do with him off the back of her Revelation her Kundalini supporters began to dwindle and classes weren't as full as they once were but Katie seemed unaffected and she boasted online about her personal life actually taking a positive turn she married a man named Austin Dunbar or teg Nom as he was known in their Inner Circle he was a former student and 16 years younger than Katie Austin came complete with his own reputation but it wasn't yoga he was known for his claim to fame was espousing Fringe beliefs and conspiracy theories just as the pandemic brought the world to a standstill Austin added a new dimension to the already strange opinions Katie had started to share with the world Katie began sharing anti-semitic conspiracy theories and claimed in company group chats that black lives matter protesters were organized looters and called them cockroaches she warned her followers not to believe the hype of the pandemic While most yoga studios were closed due to pandemic rules Katie defied that the virus existed and continued to host classes where she allowed attendees to not wear a mask when they practiced but this wasn't someone who simply didn't understand or acknowledge the science Katie uploaded a video to her Instagram where she asked quote is the reason we're being told to stay home that we are actually in some type of alien war end quote the reason why we're being told to stay home that we're actually in some sort of Alien War you should be asking yourself that question the direction of her podcast also took a turn Katie started interviewing pandem mic deniers conspiracy theorists and anti-semites between them they made unfounded claims about 5G and asserted that the world is run by a cabal of shape-shifting reptilian beings that is disinformation kon's theories and anti-trans rhetoric became a common theme on her podcast as well off the back of this abrupt change in Direction people were leaving Rob Studio A lot of people even an account titled at RAR wrong appeared on Instagram sharing proof of Katie's Behavior towards employees ex- students of huie Jen also appeared on the account and have claimed that huie jeven allegedly arranges marriages amongst his students and has caused divorce and asks inappropriate questions when in private about his female students sex lives but Katie and huy J doubled down and refused to acknowledge any of the claims made against them by ex-employees and former students Katie denied any financial trouble for the RMA Institute she bashed deserters and called them snowflakes who would never connect with their deeper meaning she then made another fashion line titled cancel cancel culture but these gurus spouted a message that one could have anything they want in life as each and every person is responsible for everything that happens to them and there are no victims by that logic it's surprising Katie just didn't uncan herself the guru also began recording songs and made an album here's a preview narrowed hypocritic all I want is the truth me some truth in the later part of 2021 Katie declared she was considered running for political office she claimed to be very well connected politically and that support for her would be overwhelming but Katie wouldn't get that chance somewhere through all of this Guru jaget was still being interviewed for magazines like Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar and was regularly invited to speak at universities yoga retreats and corporate events in July of 2021 Katie was flown to Germany to give a speech on on inner resourcing after her speaking commitments were completed she took a shower and slipped on her way out causing a fracture to her ankle German doctors advised her she would need surgery and that the best course of action was to have the operation while in Germany but Katie decided she knew best and she would much rather get back to LA and recover in the US against the German doctor's advice she caught the next flight home her ankles are surgery was completed without a problem but while in recovery Katie experienced a pulmonary embolism a blood clot in the lungs this is a very rare side effect of surgery and is usually caused by a clot which has formed in the legs traveling up into the lungs it is often associated with long haul flights the clot caused Katie to have a heart attack and at the age of 41 Katie Griggs was dead but Katie's Legacy of corruption greed and manipulation didn't die with her followers in particular those who believed her claims still believe her death was part of some big conspiracy and some even claim that she is still alive in their opinion there's just no way that a guru filled with peace and love could have died from routine ankle surgery even with her Shady business dealings and false assertions of Guru ISM it was perhaps her cultural appropriation that stung the worst here was a Colorado Native who once was quoted as saying the word yoga came from the Bible not from ancient Hinduism she wore white robes and turbin which are deeply meaningful symbols of seek culture she sold bracelets crystals and clothing under the guise of being anointed as a guru by a person she later admitted she had never met to this day The rahma Institute runs Kundalini practice daily and offers the same menu of female empowerment and business classes Guru jaget is still named on the front page as the founder and CEO of seven Global businesses alongside the Nam drop celebrities who once followed her teachings and old Steve aka the toner Bandit AKA Hy Jen is pictured on the rwma website and listed as one of their spiritual teachers Russell Brand continues to promote Kundalini and conspiracy theories and when asked on social media to renounce gur jaget Alicia Keys Kate Hudson and Russell Brand had nothing to say as for Katie's victims many still suffer from the effects of their time under her supposed guidance Katie LED them to believe that if they didn't practice Kundalini daily and live by her strict rules all of their hard work would be undone and their lives would be ruined many still feel controlled by that belief and continue to practice devoutly worried that they will regress mentally and emotionally if they stop at the time of this recording there is still no oversight or regulatory obligations in the US for apparent influencers even when they claim to be selling a product which will impact your mental or emotional well-being they can make any claim they want charge any amount they want and yet very rarely have to prove the facts or results of the product they're pedaling in a world full of gurus it's a free pass on accountability this has has been the story of the yogi Mafia and a celebrity cult leaders Fall From Grace if you are a fan of learning about scams Cults and cautionary tales subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications so you'll be notified when a new documentary comes out my name is Josie and thank you so much for [Music] watching o o ooh whatever that you want whatever that you [Music] need you can't be sure that I got it all I got 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Channel: NOT THE GOOD GIRL

Views: 1,075,127

Keywords: Kate Hudson, Alicia keys, russsel brand, guru jagat, katie griggs, yogi bhajan, harijiwan, white sun, grammy awards, kundalini, yoga, kundalini awakening, 3ho, yogi tea, akal security, bbc

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Length: 52min 48sec (3168 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 27 2022