Bikram Choudhury was the founder of the wildly popular hot yoga practice that many considered to cure ailments, detoxify bodies and change lives.
At its height in 2006, there were 1,650 studios in at least 40 countries. By 2013, a series of allegations surfaced when one by one, women stepped forward with accusations that included sexual assault, rape and abuse against the man revered as a guru.
Listen now to hear about the rise and fall of the Bikram Yoga empire with special guest, Dave Emerson, founder of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga, on Episode 52 of The Great Fail.
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