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The disturbing excesses of the Sivananda yoga center

2020-07-14T14:09:21.020Z


STORY - Sexual harassment, hidden work: testimonies are multiplying against this international network.It is one of the essential places of yoga in Paris. A center located a stone's throw from the Gare de l'Est, calm and clean, where more than sixty activities are normally provided per week: yoga classes, but also vegetarian cooking workshops, meditations or "workshops" of positive thinking. " It is part of the international Sivananda network, present in 26 countries, which has graduated "more than...


It is one of the essential places of yoga in Paris. A center located a stone's throw from the Gare de l'Est, calm and clean, where more than sixty activities are normally provided per week: yoga classes, but also vegetarian cooking workshops, meditations or "workshops" of positive thinking. " It is part of the international Sivananda network, present in 26 countries, which has graduated "more than 43,000 yoga teachers since 1969" . The association, headquartered in Val-Morin, near Montreal, Quebec, is at the heart of a controversy due to accusations of sexual harassment at the highest level.

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On December 10, 2019, Julie Salter, a 63-year-old New Zealander, posted on Facebook a statement accusing the founder, the Indian Vishnudevananda, of sexual abuse against her for three years. She worked as a personal assistant to the Hindu monk, who died in 1993. In the process, a Facebook group, which has 2,400 members, received other charges. Thirty five

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