Falling Prey to BIKRAM: Yoga Guru, Founder, Predator

“Guru” Bikram was responsible for bringing hot yoga to the states and popularizing it. Without realizing, Larissa Anderson was slowly groomed by her then boyfriend and yoga studio owner to seamlessly fall right into Bikram’s hands. He would eventually request massages from Larissa in front of hundreds of students and get more and more bold when they were alone together.

Larissa underwent the intense 9 week bootcamp-style training to become an official Bikram yoga teacher so that she could eventually open her own yoga studio. Along with many other students, she endured ridicule from him, in the name of toughing up and being indestructible, and was later assaulted and r*ped by Bikram. Larissa explains the depths of her grooming and brainwashing as she descended into the cult of this Guru-narcissist.

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Catch the full story of Bikram, featuring Larissa, in the 2019 documentary “Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator”

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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:51 Who is Bikram?
00:08:41 How Larissa was groomed into going to teacher training
00:14:51 Larissa gets chosen to go to teacher training (has to pay a lot)
00:16:30 Larissa's boyfriend at the time helped groom her for Bikram
00:21:16 Bikram would call out Larissa in front of class to massage him
00:24:12 What Larissa was made to do during the harsh teacher training
00:29:31 Bikram would ridcule his students
00:37:23 What set Bikram apart? Why did people follow him?
00:42:39 What led to Larissa getting blacklisted by Bikram
00:47:26 Larissa hears Bikram calling to her telepathically
00:50:41 Larissa goes back to Bikram

Theme Song Produced and Composed by Christian Guevara

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