Searching for community and a higher purpose in life, Dr. Jules Hartley found herself in a Kundalini Yoga class which promised a life of prosperity. All she had to do was follow the prescribed lifestyle, wear a turban, practice yoga and meditation at 4am every day, follow a specific diet and cleanses and essentially worship the late Yogi Bhajan. It would take 8 years before she realized it none of the claims were true, her life was falling apart, and she was essentially in a cult. Watch her in the new documentary “Breath of Fire” airing October 23rd on MAX.
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\n00:03:53 What led Dr. Jules to seek yoga and meditation
\n00:11:21 Dr. Jules' chiIdhood and religious background
\n00:16:23 Dr. Jules goes to her Kundalini yoga class
\n00:17:46 True Kundalini yoga vs Kundalini yoga in LA
\n00:21:08 How this style of Kundalini yoga came to be
\n00:30:10 How Yogi Bhajan's teachings were manipulative and controlling
\n00:33:12 Yogi Bhajan's teachings get passed down to the next generation of teachers and across the globe
\n00:38:47 How the culture of LA and Yogi Bhajan's version of Kundalini yoga created the perfect storm
\n00:44:43 How the ab*se of Yogi Bhajan is enmeshed with his style of Kundalini yoga
\n00:50:18 The expectation of women being with other women in the teachings and White Tantric Yoga
\n00:55:03 Sikhism and Guru Jagat
\n00:55:58 Hari Jiwan and his wife begin teaching classes
\n01:01:02 Hari Jiwan's inner circle
\n01:04:09 Dr. Jules' mental wellbeing after 8 years in the cult and what made her finally leave
\n01:16:13 How Dr. Jules got to be where she is today
\n01:23:37 How her naturopathic education aided her deconstruction and understanding of what she went through
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