Bikram Choudhury's former student declares the yogi prevented her from teaching because she refused his sexual advances. The founder of "hot yoga", Bikram Choudhury, has been accused of sexual harassment and discrimination by one of his top students.

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The 67-year-old founder of the international Bikram yoga studio is declared to have pursued protege Sarah Baughn, 29, for years, claiming they were connected in a past life and his wife didn’t understand him. Ultimately his pursuit turned physical, she claims.

According to a suit filed in Los Angeles’ superior court, Mr. Choudury refused Baughn an international championship title she had been awarded and has prevented her from teaching because of her past and continuing refusal to have sex with her guru.

Quite shockingly,  the multi-millionaire founder of the international chain claims to have taught yoga to presidents Nixon, Reagan and Clinton in fact, Celebrities such as Madonna, David Beckham, George Clooney, Jennifer Anniston and Lady Gaga have all practiced the yoga system, which consists of 26 sequential poses and takes place in rooms heated to over 100F (42C).

Bikram Choudhury claims himself with Jesus and Elvis...

Mr. Choudhury claims to have a fleet of Rolls Royces, has compared himself to Jesus and Elvis and claims to have the biggest pool in Beverly Hills.

Fact-fully, Mr. Choudhury and his wife Rajashree control the Bikram yoga empire from their home in Beverly Hills, California and have clashed in court with other yoga studios over what they claim is their patent on “hot yoga.

My wife is a bitch...says  Mr. Choudhury...

Moreover, according to the suit, Mr. Choudhury told Ms. Baughn that his wife is such a bitch, she have no idea while he told Ms. Baughn that he is so lonely and he is dying. He can feel himself dying. He also says that he will not be alive if someone doesn’t save him. Ms. Baughn’s suit describes how she began practising Bikram while a student studying creative writing in 2004. She said that, encouraged by her yoga teachers, she dropped out of college at age 20 to dedicate herself full time to yoga while she paid Mr. Choudhury $7,500 to attend a "gruelling" nine-week training course.

According to the suit, very early in training, Sarah Baughn noticed that Bikram Choudhury’s relationship with young women yoga students was different and that they were chosen to brush the pony-tailed guru's hair and give him massages, it declared. Absolute shockingly, on the third night of training Mr. Choudhury had one of his students hand Baughn his diamond-studded Rolex watch.

Mr. Choudhury demanded that he had known Ms. Baughn in a past life and the connection was so intense and meaningful that he still remembered it. After that he continued his quest, she complained to other members of the studio and was told Bikram was “not a good man” but a “good teacher”.

To conclude,  Ms. Baughn declares that in one class Bikram pushed her down towards the floor after pulling her leg apart and opening her body. The suit alleges that he then pressed his body against her and began whispering sexual things to her until she collapsed while sobbing with exhaustion. 

Finally, Hot yoga guru has turned out to be an absolutely fraud, that he was character less!

(AW:Samrat Biswas)