Part One: The First American Yoga Cult Leader

<p>Robert sits down with Katy Stoll to talk about The Great Oom, America's first Yoga cult leader, and precursor to all the wonderful abusive yoga cults of today.</p> <p>(2 part series)</p> <p>Footnotes:</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3CfZiUHB9bWs4bq6AmauYa">https://www.amazon.com/Great-Oom-Improbable-Birth-America/dp/B004KAB528</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw00nW0Wwl_Y7oOCAyvlVKRH">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vVDJH9BQTF6KGNh4JMzCe">https://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2014/01/bikram-choudhury-yoga-sexual-harassment</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1682488380854000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eIJgWWuiuUPwiefVIKAi7"><strong>https://www.gq.com/story/yoga-guru-bikram-choudhury</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/yoga-to-the-people-scandal-what-went-wrong.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1