Oh f*ck, did we join a yoga cult?! We thought it was an organization that was changing the world through yoga - because the yoga felt so amazing and that's what the "methodology" was supposed to help us do. But the deeper we got in, the more indoctrinated we became. We've learned a LOT since then about manipulation, coercion, abuse of power and undue influence. (Be a yes, don't get me started...) And we're going to share it with you here. Super casual style, not fancy. It's just us and our opinions and true stories. We are allowed to speak our truth. We hope this helps people.
Journey Into Yoga Cults
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Oh f*ck, did we join a yoga cult?! We thought it was an organization that was changing the world through yoga - because the yoga felt so amazing and that's what the "methodology" was supposed to help us do. But the deeper we got in, the more indoctrinated we became. We've learned a LOT since then about manipulation, coercion, abuse of power and undue influence. (Be a yes, don't get me started...) And we're going to share it with you here. Super casual style, not fancy. It's just us and our opinions and true stories. We are allowed to speak our truth. We hope this helps people.
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June 1, 2022
17 - “Call your dad, you’re in a yoga cult!” w/ Shelley Carroll
This interview is with Shelley Carroll (formerly Lowther) who has been one of the first Baptiste affiliate studio owners to publicly bow out of Baptiste Yoga and tell you why in this conversation. Alos be sure to read her blog post from Feb. 2022 entitled "Call your Dad, you're in a yoga cult": https://dancingdogsyoga.com/blog/call-your-dad-youre-in-a-yoga-cult Shelley shows that it can be done, step away from harmful practices, apologize for harm done, take accountability and do better moving forward. Thank you Shelley for sharing your courage with us! Bio: Shelley is a future expatriate but current Atlantian. She is the founder of Dancing Dogs Yoga, the DDY Yoga School, and DDY Travels. Shelley has trained hundreds of yoga teachers world-wide and is passionate about creating teachers and leaders to share the practice of yoga. Shelley is a Chopra Center Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and runs DDY Travels, a yoga travel retreat company with curated yoga and wellness retreats around the globe. A self-described activist, Shelley went from a volunteer with ACLU to running the ACLU of Georgia’s Legal Observer Program, where she trained and deploys legal observers in cases of protests, civic actions, and elections. Shelley is a kale-smoothie-drinking, goal-smashing junkie who believes in people and community. When she isn’t traveling the globe or saving democracy with the ACLU, Shelley lives in historic Reynoldstown in Atlanta, GA with her awesome dog, Holli and can often be found drinking coffee, eating pickles, and strolling the Beltline.
May 25, 2022
16 - A Little Bit Culty w Sarah Edmonson & Nippy Ames
<p>What a treat to start our season 2 with A Little Bit Culty podcast hosts (and NXIVM cult survivors) Sarah Edmonson and Nippy Ames!</p> <p>Sarah Edmondson is a Canadian actress who has starred in the CBS series Salvation and more than twelve films for the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime. She is also a well-established voice-over artist for popular series such as Transformers: Cybertron and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. In 2005, when NXIVM, a personal and professional development company, promised to provide the tools and insight Sarah needed to reach her potential, she was intrigued. Over her twelve-year tenure, she went from student to coach and eventually operated her own NXIVM center in Vancouver. Questions kept coming up about the organization’s rules and practices, which came to a head in 2017 when she accepted an invitation from her best friend to join DOS, a “secret sisterhood” within NXIVM.</p> <p>In 2019, Sarah published Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My Life, with Kristine Gasbarre. In this tell-all memoir, she shares her story from the moment she takes her first seminar to her harrowing fight to get out. Her full story as a whistleblower is featured in the CBC podcast <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-1-escaping-nxivm-1.4675949"><u>Uncover: Escaping NXIVM</u></a> (downloaded over 25 million times) and <a href="https://www.hbo.com/the-vow"><u>The Vow</u></a>, the critically acclaimed HBO documentary series on NXIVM. Now with the launch of “A Little Bit Culty,” Sarah and her co-host/husband Anthony “Nippy” Ames are keeping the conversation going by discussing the healing process with the help of experts and fellow survivors.</p> <p>As an aspiring actor and former college athlete, Anthony “Nippy” Ames was drawn to NXIVM’s goals program. In his 12 years with the organization, he rose steadily up the ranks as a teacher, built centers in New York and Vancouver, and even met his now wife, “A Little Bit Culty” co-host Sarah Edmondson there. But when he learned that the company was, in fact, a dangerous cult, he wasted no time in doing exactly what needed to be done: helping burn its carefully constructed public image to the ground.</p> <p>With NXIVM’s notorious founder now behind bars facing a brisk 120-year sentence, Nippy isn’t planning on going quiet anytime soon. As Executive Producer of the “A Little Bit Culty” podcast, Nippy has come full circle back to what he was born to do: performing, creating, and truth telling. He’s proving to be an emerging voice in the conversation around what it means to be an upstanding man, husband, and father in 2021.</p>
April 14, 2022
15 - Smells Like Sex Trafficking w/ attorney Vanessa Baehr-Jones
<p><strong>Trigger Warning: </strong>this episode contains content about sex trafficking. Please take care of your needs regarding this topic or skip this episode if this topic is triggering for you. </p> <p>Recruiting and grooming sexual partners, weeding out critics, using harassment and coercion, encouraging others to take expensive courses to further control them are all reasons that prosecutions have proceeded in court in other cases. Listen and hear how some real cases could potentially bring these crimes to justice. What laws are in place to protect women from abuse? Listen and learn about what is actually sex trafficking and how it is happening when people put trust into a leader and an organization. It really makes you look at how people have been used and how the law can actually protect them.</p> <p>There are tools for survivors to use Civil Law for federal crimes. "Masha's Law" is written into Title 18 where all the Federal crimes are located. It gives survivors the power to bring their own civil lawsuits against sex offenders who may have abused or exploited them, even if it wasn't reported and police did not arrest. The survivor can still go after that offender. It covers sex trafficking (a broad expansive federal crime meant to protect victims of exploitative abuse) includes "enticement" either in person or online. It's very powerful but also under-used. More than forced prostitution, the federal definition qualifies: makes it illegal for someone to participate in a venture (2 or more people) that uses force, fraud or coercion to subject the victim to engage in a commercial sex act (defined as "in exchange for anything of value" including but not limited to: a free training; moving up in the organization; benefit or status -- and does not have to be a direct contract) or if it's a minor, even if there is no force or coercion needed. Even "demanding absolute commitment" to the leader, or inducing shame and guilt to control the members and their behavior. If you think you may have experienced sexual coercion, abuse or trafficking contact here for support: www.advocatesforsurvivors.com and https://www.Vanessabaehrjones.com </p> <p><strong>Special guest: Vanessa Baehr-Jones</strong> Founding partner of Advocates for Survivors of Abuse a woman-owned law firm specializing in seeking justice for survivors of sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking Vanessa spent nearly a decade prosecuting child sex offenders and securing restitution for survivors. As the Project Safe Childhood coordinator in Los Angeles, she managed intake of all child exploitation cases in the seven-county district. After leaving Los Angeles, Vanessa served as a federal prosecutor in Northern California, providing expertise on child exploitation and trafficking cases. A skilled trial and appellate attorney, she is fearless in seeking the best outcomes for her clients. Vanessa earned her B.A. summa cum laude from Tufts University, and then served as an intelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency. She holds a law degree from UCLA School of Law. She is a member of the National Crime Victims Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. About Vanessa: https://www.advocatesforsurvivors.com/advocates _____________________________________ </p> <p>***The views and opinions expressed on Journey Into Yoga Cults are just that: views and opinions; and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast or the hosts. Stories told by hosts and guests are their own personal experiences, viewpoints and perspective. Any content provided by our hosts, guests, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, institution, corporation, business, individual, anyone or anything.*** (thank you @alittlebitculty for letting us borrow your very awesome legal disclaimer)</p>
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