Abuse in Yogi Bhajan's 3HO Kundalini Yoga World
Senior Teachers involved in abuse in the US & Europe
active in Russia
Sveta left the cult after 13 years:
“I really want to highlight how dangerous it is to be in this cult. No one has ever talked about this in Russia. I think I can do it.”
Moscow, February 14, 2026
The first time I was raped was by an ex-convict at the age of 14. I was a virgin.
Because of PTSD and just the way my life turned out, I was sexually raped only seven times, and even the most orthodox victim-blaming practitioners would agree that it was brutal.
These were men who had nothing to do with yoga, but 4 out of the 7 times I was raped during a period of frenzied, fanatical Kundalini Yoga practice. This practice got me brainwashed in a way that I believed it was all my fault. Thanks to Kundalini Yoga, I “understood” that "I" was the one who had to change in order to erase my patterns of violence.
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Click here to read Sveta's full story.
Yogi Bhajan statements translated to Russian bySveta. Link English YouTube.
Sveta's view on the Kundalini Yoga cult
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