WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.459 I'm sitting there in the taxi. 00:00:06.059 --> 00:00:09.779 It's a dark November evening. 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:14.839 It's pouring rain. We're going deeper into the forest. 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:21.339 The yoga movement is trying to continue its activities as usual. 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.559 Despite the fact that some of their top leaders have been arrested. 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:30.320 Suspected of exposing students to serious crimes. 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:37.780 We know that the Natha yoga school has many secrets, and we have made an unusual decision. 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:44.020 Letting our reporter join us to find out from the inside how it works. 00:00:44.050 --> 00:00:46.359 She's been there for a couple of months now. 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:49.380 And is on her way to a tantra retreat. 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:51.859 The taxi driver asks if he should continue. 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:53.899 And then I get this feeling. 00:00:54.179 --> 00:00:57.920 What is it? Where am I going? 00:01:00.179 --> 00:01:02.820 So I arrived at this cottage village as it is. 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:05.739 Which is located by a lake. 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.359 And it felt quite safe. 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:09.140 and nice. 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:12.060 I get a room. 00:01:12.060 --> 00:01:14.920 in a cottage. 00:01:15.980 --> 00:01:16.480 They have written 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:18.500 my name on the door 00:01:18.500 --> 00:01:20.379 and a message 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:20.760 to me. 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:24.620 Let love in, let love 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:25.599 awaken you. 00:01:30.939 --> 00:01:33.299 You listen to the yoga sect. 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:36.519 There is so much incredibly beautiful. 00:01:37.019 --> 00:01:39.239 A review series from Caliber. 00:01:39.579 --> 00:01:41.439 And so much abuse of power. 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.920 A woman should lie naked in front of everyone. 00:01:45.099 --> 00:01:47.980 As soon as they get into any kind of windy weather again, 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:50.099 they always refer to these academics. 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:51.859 I mean it's a neotantric 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:53.980 sacred eroticism and sexual 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:55.180 initiation group. 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.000 Reporters are Ida Nordén, Carmen Dixon 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:01.900 and me, Marcus Alfredsson 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:04.200 in collaboration with Danish Radio. 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.259 Part Four. The Retreat. 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.280 There are all kinds of people there, you could say. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:21.099 The vast majority are Swedes, some Danes and some have also traveled from this school in Berlin. 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:25.419 Our reporter Carmen Dixon sits down on the floor 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:26.919 with the other participants. 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:29.840 We start with a simple one 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:31.520 round. Everyone sits in a circle 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:33.639 and we tell you our name 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:35.039 and why we are there. 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.979 I'll say something like I 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:40.659 Thinks sounds good. 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.819 We don't know what will happen during the retreat. 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.099 No program has been sent out in advance. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:56.699 Just a theme. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:00.520 Courage to love. 00:03:01.539 --> 00:03:02.659 And then a packing list. 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.979 With things we should bring with us that reveal a little bit. 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:10.919 Yoga clothes, party clothes and specifically for women. 00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:19.000 Sexy lingerie, a red dress for a ceremony and a white dress for a white ceremony. 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:29.479 But before everything gets started, they have to sign a piece of paper. A kind of contract that we take responsibility for our own borders. 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:37.280 This contract also states that we may undress in certain contexts. 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:39.740 That it can occur nudity. 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:46.900 Actually, it's a contract where they waive all responsibility. 00:03:52.780 --> 00:03:53.199 Although no one has said exactly what will happen in the next few days, the message is clear. 00:03:59.259 --> 00:03:59.639 To bring everyone together in this belief that there really are no boundaries. 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:26.720 That the personal boundaries that one has are fear. In November 2023, French police raid several addresses. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:38.620 175 police officers are participating in the operation, which results in a number of arrests. 00:04:47.339 --> 00:04:48.279 The yoga movement's guru, Griegorian Bivolaru, is now in custody, suspected of human trafficking, kidnapping and rape. 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:52.519 Women tell stories about how they travel to Paris to meet him. 00:04:58.660 --> 00:05:02.519 And there was an expectation to go through an erotic ritual with him to further his spiritual development. 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:08.199 They have been locked up in an apartment without contact with the outside world. 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.899 The movement has taken their mobile phones, passports and other belongings. 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:23.040 In Finland, too, the police have been investigating allegations against the guru for several years. 00:05:26.220 --> 00:05:29.000 He is also suspected there of human trafficking along with a female yoga teacher. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:32.240 who allegedly recruited women to travel to him. 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:38.139 We have been told that this is how it worked in Sweden as well. 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:42.699 A female teacher in Swedish Natha 00:05:42.699 --> 00:05:49.360 is said to have acted as an intermediary when women travel to the guru in Paris, according to several sources. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:57.519 It's a woman that our reporter soon meets during her time in the yoga movement. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:09.459 People think that they can overcome their ego by going beyond their own limits. 00:06:10.100 --> 00:06:18.100 Tova Olsson, a doctoral student in religious studies, has spent several years researching contemporary tantra. 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:21.100 That one will then have an experience of liberation. 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:25.160 That you are no longer limited by what you thought you were limited by 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.000 by doing this thing that you might have been afraid of 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.759 or what was forbidden or something that you might have been disgusted by. 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.300 Followers of Griegorian Bivolaru call themselves Natha in Northern Europe. 00:06:39.220 --> 00:06:50.740 But internationally, the movement often goes by the original name MISA. A movement that, according to Tova Olsson, is much more hierarchical than other similar movements. 00:06:51.420 --> 00:06:57.579 It's like a tighter organization, having a firm doctrine that has developed over the years. 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:06.860 And what I think you can really hear when you talk to teachers is that they have a similar use of language, that they have received the same type of teaching. 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:19.639 In 2024, an international conference for religious studies will take place at the University of Gothenburg. 00:07:20.819 --> 00:07:29.639 One of the panel discussions is about Bivolaru's movement. 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:36.920 Several foreign guests are here to discuss the yoga movement's teachings on sacred eroticism. 00:07:40.819 --> 00:07:45.759 I go there because I have done this research. I am interested in MISA as an organization. I am interested in how 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.120 They will talk about this. 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:53.920 The man holding 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.160 the panels heter Massimo Introvigne 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:57.959 and is a sociologist of religion. 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:30.259 He is something of a celebrity in this context, has researched yoga for many years and sexuality in his teachings always makes enemies. 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:40.980 It is not accepted by the majority society. 00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:49.759 He is skeptical that women who have undergone sexual rituals have been manipulated. There is no surprise. 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:58.899 Those who go to a MISA or Natha center know that it is part of MISA and that the teacher is Griegorian Bivolalu. 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:04.139 Tova Olsson sits at a bench far back in the room and listens. 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:09.139 She is surprised by what is said during the panel discussion. 00:09:09.580 --> 00:09:15.399 And I think it gets even a little weirder the more I listen to it. 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:20.620 Because it really feels like it might not be such a nuanced picture. 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:26.379 There is no critical presentation of MISA. 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:34.759 The leader of the yoga movement, Griegorian Bivolaru, has been in custody for over eight months at this point. 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:39.720 He is suspected of human trafficking, kidnapping and rape. 00:10:12.419 --> 00:10:32.679 But no speaker here at the seminar at the University of Gothenburg seems to even consider the possibility that the allegations could be true. Also on the panel is an active member of the yoga school who gives a talk about the school being persecuted because it combines eroticism and spirituality. Our communities and organizations are allowed to come and defend themselves within an academic environment. 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:37.820 Spiritual movements were targeted because they are unconventional practices. 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:42.679 I don't feel that as a doctoral student I can be the one to start that conversation. 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:50.159 But sit back and wait for another academic to ask a critical question about this organization. 00:10:54.200 --> 00:11:08.340 I'm a bit stunned afterwards, simply put. and professor of religious studies at the University of Gothenburg and chairman of the committee that decided which program items 00:11:08.340 --> 00:11:10.419 which would be approved at the conference. 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:14.519 Now in retrospect, one can certainly think that it would have been good to have a different perspective. 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:18.200 also of course in this particular panel based on the fact that this legal process was ongoing. 00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:20.460 Something I didn't know was going on at the time. 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.639 I don't think anyone else on this academic committee knows about this. 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:30.360 So there are hundreds of new religious movements and keeping track of everything is completely impossible. 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:37.240 Bivolaru has his Swedish residence permit revoked. 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:50.100 And in France, the investigation against him continues. At the same time, several European media outlets are publishing testimonies from within the yoga movement. 00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:55.399 About women working for free in online porn or at a strip club. 00:11:55.480 --> 00:12:25.620 And that it has been called karma yoga. And now I am waiting for me. to be a student of Natha. We contact her - but she does not want to be interviewed. 00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:28.860 Women who appear in pictures- 00:12:28.860 --> 00:12:30.700 from the tantra teacher training- 00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:32.879 at Paradise in Denmark- 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.740 can we identify ourselves- 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:36.740 on pictures from sex camp sites. 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:57.720 At the tantra retreat in the forest, a session on the theme of tantric wisdom is taking place. We don't want to make it easy for us to concentrate all the time. 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:07.259 A teacher explains that today's great focus on everything happening with consent can stand in the way of what the soul longs for. 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:17.980 If we do it very safely, everything very politically correct, then it won't be what we pay so much attention to. 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:23.440 The retreat will last for several more days. 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.980 The teachers haven't told us what will happen. 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.440 Just that their limits will be tested. 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.000 Our reporter is with us. 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:37.919 At the beginning he said that now there are some friendly days. 00:13:38.820 --> 00:13:43.299 Then you'll see that things will happen. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:46.539 They are divided into groups. 00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:48.120 The men themselves. 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:49.440 The women themselves. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.379 One of the women involved in 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.620 the team there showed us 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:57.519 how to move 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.960 sexy. And then we got 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:02.039 practice it in pairs 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:03.620 then, women. And 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:06.100 do a lap dance for each other 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.620 one might say. 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:12.379 It was a strange connection. 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:13.080 but 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:16.120 the boundaries are also being pushed forward there all the time 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.000 for what is strange. And I found myself 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.480 pretty quick at that though. 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:22.100 And I felt safe. 00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:23.879 because there were only women there. 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:29.679 It is a preparation for what will happen later in the evening. 00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:31.940 That the women would dance for the men. 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:37.039 And we would behave as if they were kings 00:14:37.620 --> 00:14:49.700 To a pretty sexy song, you might say. 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:53.379 In the evening there was a romantic dinner. 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:56.059 We have decided that our reporter 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:57.840 not to participate in the dance 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:59.740 which will take place after dinner. 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.080 And then everyone had 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.639 Dress up a little nice. 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:06.080 We women were supposed to wear colorful dresses. 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:11.399 The women have now also received information about what will happen the next day. 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:16.720 Then they will dance for the men again, but this time in underwear. 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:20.659 And then the men will get another surprise. 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:28.879 Then the plan is for a woman to lie naked in front of everyone with fruit on her body. 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:35.759 And that we other women should take this fruit and feed it to the men in the room. 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:43.600 We have decided that our reporter will stop here, go to his room, and go home the next morning. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.659 But during dinner 00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:47.840 there will be more surprises. 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.399 It was time for 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:52.179 something they call Angels Walk. 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.240 When 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:55.740 all the men stood in 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:57.759 two lines and so on 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.559 the women walk between the men. 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:01.879 The women would turn a blind eye and be sent 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:03.740 in between the men 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:07.039 who simply took on the women. 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:11.879 So they had to go through there, close their eyes and feel hands on their bodies. 00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:16.279 Somewhere here it started to feel uncomfortable for me. 00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:30.399 This was my chance to leave the dinner. So in the morning I packed my bag and went to find one of the teachers to talk to. 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:45.899 The teacher explains that it would have been good if she stayed. Something clumsy might happen but you feel that the intention is pure. 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:48.259 But wants 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.700 offer love. 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.899 You must also 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:53.519 Learn to embrace it. 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:55.960 You have to turn the hard thing around. 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:57.899 to something good. And that's exactly why 00:16:57.899 --> 00:17:00.019 we also make some surprises 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.820 moment for us to have a chance 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:03.340 to practice these things. 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:05.559 And have the courage 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:07.519 to dare to be in it. 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.220 And the courage to love. 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:11.220 To be courageous 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:13.079 and kind of accept it 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:14.460 and dare to feel trust. 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.200 And that my courage then 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.200 would be to 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:20.819 to be in this difficult situation 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:22.359 and push my boundaries. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.819 Your participation there 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:29.819 depends on you somehow 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:32.140 do what others do 00:17:32.140 --> 00:17:34.240 simply in this social context. 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:36.779 Religious scholar Tova Olsson 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.940 describes how at retreats 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:40.359 often the very point is 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.839 To be able to challenge yourself. 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:45.940 And that can make it hard to say no. 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.460 You might be disappointed in yourself 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:52.599 If you can't do these things that the others in the room can do. 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:54.299 And they seem to feel so good about it. 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:59.740 If you don't have the experience that others have had, it's because you're a failure. 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:02.039 Or you are blocked. 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:13.440 Tova Olsson, like many of her research colleagues, believes that it is good to provide a more nuanced picture of new religious movements. 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:17.359 Those that the majority society often calls sects. 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.960 It's as if they wanted to portray them in a very sensationalist way. 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:28.839 And where religious scholars have wanted to come in and simply provide a more balanced perspective. 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:38.079 But when it comes to MISA, she thinks the problem is that researchers do not listen to those who have left the movement and testify to abuse. 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:46.420 What is a bit worrying when it comes to MISA is perhaps that there aren't that many different perspectives. 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:49.539 without all the research that exists about MISA 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:52.220 is quite forgiving research 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:56.299 and that there are very few critical perspectives. 00:18:57.819 --> 00:19:00.759 The researcher who is most influential 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.680 regarding the Gregorian Bivolarus yoga movement 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:10.619 is Massimo Introvigne who runs the private research institute Cessnor in Italy. 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:51.880 At the same time, he has taken a stand for the organization and made it clear that they are suffering from unfair persecution. He believes that the accusations against the guru and the school follow a pattern that is actually about the majority society's harsh view of those who mix religion and eroticism. 00:19:51.880 --> 00:20:00.619 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:07.599 Just because something is strange or different, he says, doesn't mean it's a cover for abuse. 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:17.599 In August 2024, police in Georgia arrest two other teachers in the yoga movement. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:25.819 It's Mihai Stoian and his wife. 00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:31.500 A couple who are described as some of the organization's absolute most powerful people. 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:37.559 Who are close to the guru Griegorian Bivolaru and who are active in Denmark. 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:50.339 Their lawyer states that they both deny any wrongdoing and believes that the yoga movement is subject to religious persecution. 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:54.779 So now it's a legality for us to say it's Georgia. 00:20:55.440 --> 00:21:07.359 Massimo Introvigne, together with other researchers and the same member of the yoga movement who spoke at the conference in Gothenburg, is writing a call to release the couple. 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:26.819 They are also suspected of human trafficking, for convincing women to travel to Bivolaru. 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:56.279 Introvigne thinks this is dangerously close to prosecuting them for their teachings and opinions. He is also skeptical of the accusations leveled against the guru. 00:21:57.220 --> 00:22:06.339 He believes that already when a student starts yoga school, they know that erotic initiations are part of the teacher's teaching. 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:16.339 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:21.200 He asks himself, why would do people join the movement? 00:22:22.200 --> 00:23:09.440 Former ex-members that we spoke to had a different opinion, they didn't know what was waiting for them further down in their spiritual education when we started in the school. They say instead that secrecies permeates in the movement. We have talked with women who told us that they travelled to meet the guru, in a situation beyond their control. 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:14.400 They were brought to him in blindfolds, not knowing where they were, not allowed to go out and having their passport, wallet and phone taken away. 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:20.859 Not everyone knew that the meeting was about having sex with the guru. 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:27.539 But Massimo Introvigne turned against the accusations of human trafficking 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:54.279 because he claims to know that women went there by their free will. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:24:06.519 Massimo Introvigne and several other researchers dismiss the testimonies of women who were lured to the guru and call them apostates. 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:12.099 They say the women traveled to the guru voluntarily. 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:15.339 and only afterwards claim to have been manipulated. 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:20.140 Introvigne's conclusions are used by the yoga school 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:23.859 as evidence that they are subject to slander and defamation. 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:26.859 He has promised to appear as an expert witness. 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:31.779 for several of the accused yoga teachers in both Finland and France. 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:36.359 As soon as they get into any kind of windy weather again 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:39.980 so they can always refer to these academics who are immediately there 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.619 to defend them. 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:48.759 Religious scholar Tova Olsson. Which means that students who might be a little hesitant 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:50.980 about to join the organization 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.720 or hesitates to quit 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.200 relies on these academics. 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.359 It is spring 2025. 00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:07.839 We have decided that our reporter will stop his classes. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:15.619 Before she leaves, she will ask her teachers about the allegations against Bivolaru. 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:26.619 She gets a special meeting with two of them. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:48.160 He is a tantric master, so hopefully he does more than meditate, says one of the teachers. 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:53.000 She says that some women have met the guru and made love to him. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:09.319 And just like in any love relationship, you can get upset, she says. 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:20.460 Today, she says, the social climate is allergic to everything. 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:35.759 And there is a whole machinery that sets in motion and supports and creates a drama. 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:53.680 The other teacher believes that the women accusing Bivolaru had sex with him voluntarily, but then realized that they could gain something by accusing him of abuse. 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.279 You can become an influencer and open your own yoga studio. During our reporter's time in the movement, one thing has struck us. 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.180 No one mentions Bivolaru by name. 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:50.940 There are no pictures of him. 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:09.180 The teacher says that Bivolaru is the most incredible, remarkable humble person she has ever met. 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.039 At the same time, they do not talk to the students about the fact that it is his teachings that they are being taught. 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.240 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:36.660 While new students are enrolling in courses at Natha's schools 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:40.559 Others are relieved to be on the other side. 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.799 Emma. 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:44.440 So the period after was very tough. 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.519 Meng.  00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:47.559 Somewhere a fog had disappeared. 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.259 A clarity came to me. 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.380 Why do I choose to be in contexts that are destructive to me? 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:55.859 There is so much incredibly beautiful. 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.619 Andrea. 00:28:56.619 --> 00:29:00.299 And also so much abuse of power. 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:05.180 Just asking questions has been a big no. 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:10.079 I can completely understand why they are doing what they are doing now. 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:13.640 To deny that certain things have happened. 00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:17.700 We're talking about people who have been there half their lives. 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:21.759 We're talking about people's dreams. 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:26.160 That their lives depend on it. 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.619 How can I continue any kind of search safely? 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.180 How can I 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:34.339 explore, dare to be curious 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:36.619 and open and at the same time 00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:38.339 trust me I'll get out of there 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.740 What if there are things that don't feel right? 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:47.240 You have heard the fourth and final part of the Yoga sect. 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:51.819 By Ida Nordén, Carmen Dixon and me, Marcus Alfresson. 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.960 Emma is actually called something else. 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:02.839 Griegorian Bivolaru is still in custody and has not been convicted of any of the crimes he is now accused of in France. 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:07.460 We have reached out to him through his lawyer who declined to comment. 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:11.980 Bivolaru has previously denied allegations of human trafficking. 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:18.079 Atman Federation, the international body of schools that spread Bivolaru's teachings 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.880 writes that what happened in France is part of a long series of attacks against the movement. 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:26.299 That the accusations against the guru are just allegations 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:30.099 and that he should be considered innocent until proven guilty. 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:33.740 They also distance themselves from all forms of abuse. 00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:40.440 Natha's schools in Sweden write that their teaching is safe and consent-based 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:44.359 that there are no explicit sexual activities there 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:49.859 and that they have no legal, administrative or financial connection to Griegorian Bivolaru. 00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:58.819 Both they and Natha Danmark also write, among other things, that they strongly distance themselves from all forms of abuse, abuse of power and manipulation. 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:05.279 Natha Denmark writes that they do not participate in organizing meetings with Griegorian Bivolaru. 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:13.759 The Swedish Nathal teacher who, according to our information, has invited women from Sweden also denies it. 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:20.019 Natha Sweden also writes that it is always free to end participation. 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:26.279 Producer was Johan Sundström The series is a collaboration with Danmarks Radio 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:28.980 and reporters Melle Barré, Thomas Prackars 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.759 and producer Annes Gerning 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:34.160 The news clips you heard in the episode come from 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:38.180 French RFI, Radio France, BBC and German BR 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:42.160 MISA stated to German media that if individual students 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:44.200 strippers or work as camgirls 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.640 they do it voluntarily and as private individuals. 00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:49.059 It is not organized by MISA. 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.980 Final mix Tobias Sandin.