EP 29 | The Hot Yoga Cult of Bikram Choudhury

He built a global empire on a 105-degree room, 26 poses, and an endless stream of outrageous, fabricated lies. In this episode of The Slippery, we turn up the heat on Bikram Choudhury—the ultimate charismatic megalomaniac who turned the world of wellness into a personal piggy bank and a toxic, cult-like empire.

We dive into the dangerous myth of Bikram: from his carefully engineered, biography to his abusive teaching tactics, extreme sleep deprivation, and obsession with being worshiped by his staff and devoted followers. Behind the celebrity endorsements, multi-million-dollar fortune, and garage full of luxury carss was a sinister reality: widespread allegations of sexual assault, systemic abuse, and a culture of silence designed to protect the guru at all costs. Find out why he's on the run from the U.S. with an $8 million bounty on his head.

It’s a story of greed, unchecked narcissism, fraud, and the courageous women who brought down a tyrant.

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