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Introducing Season 4: Imperfect Paradise - Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories"
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LAist Studios
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
California
Society & Culture
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Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 21, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:04:21

Before her sudden death in 2021, Guru Jagat had become a famous Kundalini yoga teacher based in Los Angeles. But as the global pandemic grew, she started talking like a far-right coronavirus conspiracy theorist. What does her journey down the rabbit hole tell us about the appeal of conspiracies in the yoga and wellness community?

This 3-episode season explores Guru Jagat’s rise to fame and follows along as she responds not just to the pandemic, but to a #metoo movement scandal that rocked the Kundalini yoga world in early 2020. It also explores themes of misinformation, how a healthy distrust in government and medicine can turn dark, the "relativism around truth" in the wellness industry and the influence of social media on radicalization.

Episode #1 will be available to stream on January 3rd.

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