From the category archives:
This week in Yoga Crime:
Beware of disgruntled spray-paint wielding (possibly drunk) yogis!
The latest from Sacramento is reports of Zuda Yoga Studio being vandalized with lots of colorfully crude graffiti, toilet paper and piles of garbage. Also a broken window and a “glue-like substance” stuck in the door handles! No it wasn’t Lady Gaga having a [...]
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Ay caramba! What a way to end the week! Tonight on “20/20″: Did Standish, Maine yoga teacher Linda Dolloff stage a home invasion, beat her husband Jeff to near-death with a baseball bat and shoot herself in the abdomen in a further cover-up effort?
Yes indeed! Say investigators and the jury who found her guilty.
The gruesome incident [...]
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Homicide Confirmed: As an update to the sad news of the death of 70-year-old Berlin, PA yogi Sidharman, the latest police reports reveal it was murder. Not sure why it took forensic science, but after an autopsy they found cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds from a small caliber weapon. It gets worse:
33-year [...]
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Sexual abuse! Brainwashing! Corruption! All accusations against the creepsters of Dahn Yoga (see previous articles) which proved too much for its brainy leader to handle – he’s cut and run! Ichi Lee announced his resignation as CEO of BR Consulting, the corporate consulting side of the Dahn Yoga cabal. Mr. Lee released a “transition” [...]
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Brief update on the “Graspin’ Aspen” case for those following at home. The judge has rejected a plea a week before the case would go to trial…
Steven Jon Roger, 48, was poised to plead no contest to two misdemeanor charges and avoid going to a jury trial next week in Pitkin County Court.
But Judge Erin [...]
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If you’ve been following the Dahn Yoga cult scandal then you know it’s been a massive uproar involving brainwashing allegations and serious accusations of abuse. If you haven’t, the story is finally reaching mass media news outlets and is spilling over from the active online discussions and comments of support from former members. With CNN [...]
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Wow, Campbell Brown’s blog is ablaze with yoga scandalocity! It’s not a new story per se, but now this Dahn Yoga cult mischief is finally stirring enough buzz to snag the big kids. And rightly so, really. There have been a multitude of allegations against potential miscreant Mr. Ilchi Lee, and his massive wellness, some [...]
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NYC yogis, turn on your burgl-dar! A thief is running rampant robbing Manhattan shops and restaurants, and he hasn’t spared the yoga stops! Among the 22(!) targets, since late last month, of barber shops, beauty salons and fast food chains, was Pure Yoga on the Upper East Side! The yoga studio on 86th St. was [...]
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More lawsuits! Improper adjustments! This time not as naughty as you’re thinking. Can we just be happy for a moment this is not about sexual assault? OK…moving on.
It’s suddenly a rocky road for Boulder, CO studio Yoga Workshop, Richard Freeman’s joint (he and his wife relinquished ownership and management earlier this year update: they took [...]
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We’ve drawn some heat over coverage of the Graspin’ Aspen Yoga teacher scandal – as if this isn’t an incredibly important topic that yogadorks great and small should be aware of and feel open to discuss. This is the world we live in! And for the record, we do not wish ill to the accused [...]
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