1 00:00:12,387 --> 00:00:16,475 PARIS, FRANCE 2 00:00:20,229 --> 00:00:22,856 This is the first time I come back. 3 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:27,903 JUNE 2024 4 00:00:27,986 --> 00:00:30,989 It's been almost five years, Exactly, so... 5 00:00:34,576 --> 00:00:38,288 It's a bit of a feeling unpleasant. Well, kinda… 6 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:41,166 Yeah, just thinking about the fact that he is close to, 7 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:42,751 he is… somewhere. 8 00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:55,389 I'm here because I have a hearing with the judge. 9 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:01,270 The school will say that no crime occurred, 10 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,147 because they were adults fully capable. 11 00:01:06,525 --> 00:01:09,528 We reject all these absurd allegations, 12 00:01:09,611 --> 00:01:11,697 made without any evidence. 13 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:19,830 The accusations currently circulating include rape, grooming, 14 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:25,794 kidnapping, human trafficking and the charge of mind control. 15 00:01:33,468 --> 00:01:36,805 I dedicated myself body and soul to the teachings. 16 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:39,349 They really worked. 17 00:01:43,353 --> 00:01:45,647 “You may feel fear and repulsion. 18 00:01:45,731 --> 00:01:47,733 You can feel oppressed or wanting to leave. 19 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:50,319 It's okay, it's just your ego." 20 00:01:54,907 --> 00:01:57,201 "This will change your life. 21 00:01:57,576 --> 00:02:01,288 He is a tantric master. You will absorb his qualities." 22 00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:07,461 He came in the dead of night. 23 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:11,673 He touched the sole with his finger from my feet while I slept, 24 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:12,883 and I woke up like this. 25 00:02:13,634 --> 00:02:14,676 "It's your turn." 26 00:02:16,637 --> 00:02:20,516 I kind of trusted that these people They wouldn't let anything bad happen to me. 27 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:22,434 I trusted him. 28 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:28,273 He has been monitored since 1971. 29 00:02:32,736 --> 00:02:36,740 Young people were still taken to Bivolaru. 30 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,995 The guy is a wanted fugitive in the Interpol red broadcast. 31 00:02:42,079 --> 00:02:44,581 Europe, Japan, all of Scandinavia. 32 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:48,001 Oh my God. It's everywhere. 33 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:52,297 This person works with magic very dark, dark. 34 00:02:52,381 --> 00:02:54,466 He is very dark and powerful. 35 00:02:55,676 --> 00:02:56,969 I had a click. 36 00:02:57,052 --> 00:03:00,055 "I have to go. I have to get out of here now." 37 00:03:01,473 --> 00:03:08,313 THE SECRET YOGA SECT 38 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:16,864 CHAPTER ONE IT'S ONLY LOVE 39 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:23,287 We are in our vacation home 40 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:24,872 with the old things… 41 00:03:26,123 --> 00:03:29,626 It's a very beautiful house. Kind of small, but beautiful. 42 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:31,753 And we go to… 43 00:03:33,088 --> 00:03:33,922 the room. 44 00:03:34,631 --> 00:03:36,175 The bottom bunk bed. 45 00:03:36,925 --> 00:03:39,136 And there, the top part of the bunk. 46 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:41,263 Ashleigh is upstairs. 47 00:03:43,891 --> 00:03:46,643 I was quite lucky. I grew up in a stable home. 48 00:03:46,727 --> 00:03:47,895 My parents were loving. 49 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:52,900 We grew up in a small rural town. 50 00:03:53,358 --> 00:03:56,695 About three hours by car from Melbourne. 51 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:02,201 I went to school in the city. 52 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:05,746 It's all pretty straightforward. 53 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:13,212 We grew up in a Catholic family. 54 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:17,966 I didn't like going to church, but my faith was strong. 55 00:04:18,716 --> 00:04:21,011 I prayed every night before going to sleep. 56 00:04:22,721 --> 00:04:26,558 And talked with my parents about ghosts 57 00:04:26,642 --> 00:04:29,019 or supernatural phenomena that… 58 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:31,647 We were interested for these things, you know? 59 00:04:31,730 --> 00:04:33,190 And we were very open. 60 00:04:34,316 --> 00:04:35,859 I started to become interested in… 61 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,154 astrology. A simple interest, you know? 62 00:04:39,238 --> 00:04:43,200 I didn't follow it in depth, but I was interested in astrology. 63 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:45,369 I was interested in numerology. 64 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:46,995 I was interested in tarot. 65 00:04:47,079 --> 00:04:49,790 I was interested in palmistry, psychic phenomena. 66 00:04:52,167 --> 00:04:55,420 I got older and started exploring my identity, 67 00:04:55,504 --> 00:04:57,798 trying to understand who I was, what he believed in. 68 00:04:57,881 --> 00:05:02,010 I think I created a fertile field to be open, like: "What's next?" 69 00:05:02,094 --> 00:05:03,846 TRAVELER, ARTIST, SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH 70 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:08,475 I had a boyfriend at the time, and we fought 71 00:05:08,559 --> 00:05:11,979 because he didn't have no spiritual beliefs. 72 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:16,316 I wanted to find the right person, 73 00:05:16,942 --> 00:05:17,901 have a family, 74 00:05:19,361 --> 00:05:23,198 live a longer life full and meaningful. 75 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:35,794 Hi, family! I'm here on Piccadilly Circus. I miss you. 76 00:05:35,878 --> 00:05:37,588 I wanted to move to the UK. 77 00:05:38,297 --> 00:05:39,798 Then, in 2018… 78 00:05:39,882 --> 00:05:41,258 Big Ben there in the background. 79 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,593 …I arrived in London. 80 00:05:44,261 --> 00:05:47,014 Big news, right? Another Australian in London. 81 00:05:50,559 --> 00:05:52,728 And she was newly single. 82 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:56,940 I got a job with the NHS. 83 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:02,112 I was excited about the prospect to get back together or meet someone. 84 00:06:02,196 --> 00:06:03,822 A little tour of the house for you. 85 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:06,033 Here is the room. 86 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:10,996 And here is the room. 87 00:06:11,622 --> 00:06:13,999 This is the laundry room. 88 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:16,043 Here is the kitchen. 89 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:20,380 One day, in the morning, with a client at work, 90 00:06:20,464 --> 00:06:24,426 I looked at my cell phone and saw that an old man friend had appeared there. 91 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:27,471 He and Ziggy were crazy friends 92 00:06:27,554 --> 00:06:29,723 who left the army and became hippies. 93 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:33,477 They sat on the floor of my brother's house, they made friendship bracelets, 94 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,479 went to festivals, 95 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:37,981 they were basically an enigma. 96 00:06:39,650 --> 00:06:43,237 I had heard that they had moved to Europe 97 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:48,325 and dedicated their lives to yoga and to serve humanity. 98 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:51,328 There were a lot of messages from him, like: "Hi." 99 00:06:51,954 --> 00:06:53,914 I don't remember them all the messages now, 100 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:56,708 but one said: "What is the meaning of life?" 101 00:06:56,792 --> 00:06:58,293 What do you think life is? 102 00:06:58,377 --> 00:07:00,462 And that sparked my interest at the time. 103 00:07:01,171 --> 00:07:05,259 "Does anyone want to have a conversation philosophical or spiritual." 104 00:07:05,342 --> 00:07:07,135 I would say personal growth 105 00:07:07,219 --> 00:07:09,847 And they said: “We found a yoga school. 106 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:13,141 Nowadays, Yoga has become commercial, right? 107 00:07:13,225 --> 00:07:14,852 It's just hot pants and lycra." 108 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:16,562 I understand 109 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:19,481 "And what do we think It's real yoga." 110 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:24,486 He sent me a link from Tara Yoga Centre, 111 00:07:24,570 --> 00:07:27,573 which is the British branch of the Atman Yoga Federation. 112 00:07:28,907 --> 00:07:30,868 IN THE HEART 113 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:32,202 FROM FRENTIC LONDON 114 00:07:32,286 --> 00:07:35,205 FIND THE SOUL OF ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE 115 00:07:35,289 --> 00:07:37,833 It looked authentic. 116 00:07:38,292 --> 00:07:39,251 BRING BALANCE 117 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:43,422 A well-finished filming. It seemed genuine to me. 118 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:45,048 AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE 119 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:48,135 Everyone was there to improve yourself in some way. 120 00:07:48,218 --> 00:07:49,303 HATHA YOGA DIARY 121 00:07:49,887 --> 00:07:51,555 It was exactly what I was looking for. 122 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:52,639 WEEKLY TANTRA 123 00:07:53,098 --> 00:07:55,058 So, I signed up for classes. 124 00:07:59,521 --> 00:08:02,149 And they warn: "This course will change you. 125 00:08:06,862 --> 00:08:08,322 You will change on this path. 126 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:11,533 It will happen. It will happen." 127 00:08:15,370 --> 00:08:17,370 ADAPTATION | REVIEW | SYNCHRONY: EMAIL | loschulosteam@gmail.com 128 00:08:17,372 --> 00:08:19,583 And I wanted what they offered. 129 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,177 They teach in a way in which you view 130 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:31,678 the activation of a chakra 131 00:08:32,346 --> 00:08:35,890 and the energization of certain parts of your body. 132 00:08:40,604 --> 00:08:43,857 I was very dedicated. I didn't miss a class. 133 00:08:55,327 --> 00:08:58,247 They talk about telluric energies that come from the earth. 134 00:09:00,958 --> 00:09:03,335 Do you imagine the balance happening in the body, 135 00:09:03,418 --> 00:09:05,963 imagine things unlocking, 136 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:08,298 imagine openness and expansion. 137 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:14,555 It's more than just stretch your muscles. 138 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:19,643 There's something spiritual going on in that process. 139 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,733 Each class lasts two hours, 140 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:28,944 and the first hour is a lecture. 141 00:09:29,319 --> 00:09:33,073 The first hour is pure theory and the second hour is practical. 142 00:09:33,156 --> 00:09:33,991 I loved it, 143 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:36,952 because I thought: "Send theory, send knowledge.” 144 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:39,872 And they distributed materials for each class. 145 00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:44,877 There were more than 20 years of courses and I was still in the first one. 146 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:51,133 Part of the appeal of the classes was they are very in-depth. 147 00:09:51,216 --> 00:09:52,509 KRIYA YOGA, PURIFICATION 148 00:09:52,593 --> 00:09:55,262 You receive a lot of information about diet and exercise, 149 00:09:55,345 --> 00:09:57,347 about taking care of yourself and living well. 150 00:09:58,098 --> 00:09:59,808 They have the different types of yoga. 151 00:09:59,892 --> 00:10:05,772 Karma yoga, bhakti yoga, raja yoga, laya yoga, tantra yoga. 152 00:10:06,231 --> 00:10:07,941 They described tantra yoga as 153 00:10:08,025 --> 00:10:11,445 "The yoga of extreme expansion of the field of consciousness 154 00:10:11,528 --> 00:10:15,574 which includes a complex range of methods and techniques, including, among others, 155 00:10:15,657 --> 00:10:19,161 sexual activity for the purpose to accelerate spiritual evolution 156 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:21,038 through transmutation and sublimation 157 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:23,832 of creative sexual potential for men and women." 158 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:28,629 Then I went straight to Google: "What is tantra?" 159 00:10:28,712 --> 00:10:30,881 And then... 160 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:33,759 I thought, "Look, I don't know much about that." 161 00:10:33,842 --> 00:10:37,262 But I think what most of people think when they hear "tantra" 162 00:10:37,346 --> 00:10:38,889 It's just that it has something to do with sex. 163 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:42,100 It has something to do with… couples 164 00:10:42,184 --> 00:10:45,729 and… something like a slower version of sex. 165 00:10:45,812 --> 00:10:47,356 That's what we think about, right? 166 00:10:47,898 --> 00:10:50,859 I thought, "It looks pretty mysterious." 167 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:52,528 I spoke to Ziggy. 168 00:10:52,611 --> 00:10:53,612 Hi Ziggy! 169 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:56,573 He told me that the teachings, the meditation 170 00:10:56,657 --> 00:10:58,867 and the practice of yoga they helped him a lot. 171 00:11:07,668 --> 00:11:10,629 From a very young age, I'm not saying it was like that, 172 00:11:10,712 --> 00:11:14,174 but I felt who was alone in the world. 173 00:11:18,971 --> 00:11:21,181 I had a troubled childhood. 174 00:11:21,265 --> 00:11:26,019 The concept of love and receiving it They were very unknown to me. 175 00:11:27,813 --> 00:11:29,356 The reception system exists… 176 00:11:29,439 --> 00:11:30,691 ZIGGY ENTERED IN 2016, DENMARK 177 00:11:30,774 --> 00:11:33,110 …and it works to a certain extent. It's not perfect, 178 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:35,279 but I'm still grateful that it exists. 179 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:39,533 When I enlisted in the army, 180 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:43,036 I was trying to find a sense of belonging 181 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,122 in a place or in a community, 182 00:11:46,164 --> 00:11:48,333 but it never sat well with me. 183 00:11:49,251 --> 00:11:52,588 Didn't particularly agree with many things we did, 184 00:11:52,671 --> 00:11:54,047 to which we were exposed. 185 00:11:54,882 --> 00:11:58,385 That just led us to try to find these answers elsewhere. 186 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:05,893 In 2016, I packed my bags and I left for Europe. 187 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,564 MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL INTEGRATION 188 00:12:10,647 --> 00:12:11,940 And that yoga school… 189 00:12:13,025 --> 00:12:14,860 it was all over the world. 190 00:12:14,943 --> 00:12:15,861 Everywhere. 191 00:12:15,944 --> 00:12:18,322 ATMAN INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF YOGA AND MEDITATION 192 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:27,039 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 193 00:12:27,623 --> 00:12:29,875 I started school in Denmark. 194 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:37,090 In the beginning, I wasn't a great yogi. 195 00:12:38,050 --> 00:12:40,177 They put me on the carpet and I thought: 196 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:42,888 "Wow… Isn't it pretty." 197 00:12:43,305 --> 00:12:45,724 But there really was the feeling of being part of something 198 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:47,559 which was much bigger. 199 00:12:50,812 --> 00:12:53,565 And it looked very seductive. 200 00:12:57,361 --> 00:13:00,531 Maybe because of the shape how things unfolded 201 00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:03,033 with my real biological family, 202 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:04,868 without mother or father, 203 00:13:05,494 --> 00:13:08,830 I always had difficulties with relationships. 204 00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:14,545 I don't say that my relationships they meant nothing, 205 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:17,214 but they were clumsy, full of errors. 206 00:13:18,507 --> 00:13:20,425 I'm kind of done in a situation like this: 207 00:13:20,509 --> 00:13:24,763 "Okay, I am a wounded and closed individual 208 00:13:24,847 --> 00:13:27,349 who tried to find love 209 00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:30,644 and it ended up being broken by this." 210 00:13:31,228 --> 00:13:35,983 That's what made me want to join in this world of tantric yoga. 211 00:13:37,568 --> 00:13:40,696 What place would be better to learn and grow? 212 00:13:42,364 --> 00:13:44,700 I knew that that would probably take me 213 00:13:44,783 --> 00:13:50,330 to the tantric sexual ritual, but he had a lot to learn first. 214 00:14:02,968 --> 00:14:06,013 It was a global school and… 215 00:14:06,513 --> 00:14:09,349 I was quite linked to that of Sweden. 216 00:14:15,189 --> 00:14:17,816 For me, it had a huge impact. 217 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:23,989 Changed me to a level very fundamental. 218 00:14:24,698 --> 00:14:27,367 The teachings they spoke for themselves. 219 00:14:28,911 --> 00:14:30,329 It transformed my life. 220 00:14:30,412 --> 00:14:32,664 ANDREA JOINED IN 2014, SWEDEN 221 00:14:32,748 --> 00:14:35,751 Transformed the shape how I saw myself, how I saw the world, 222 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:39,796 and part of the teachings tantrics is truly awakening. 223 00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:50,432 Tantra must have four or even five thousand years. 224 00:14:51,558 --> 00:14:53,185 It came long before Christianity. 225 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:57,981 Yoga and tantra are brothers. 226 00:14:58,065 --> 00:15:01,360 For example, a normal class always started 227 00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:03,445 with at least an hour of yoga. 228 00:15:05,531 --> 00:15:10,035 Then, if we agree the teachings of the chakras 229 00:15:10,118 --> 00:15:11,995 with the operation of energy, 230 00:15:12,079 --> 00:15:15,040 certain sexual positions 231 00:15:15,123 --> 00:15:18,126 are linked to certain chakras, certain energies. 232 00:15:22,047 --> 00:15:27,469 One of the goals of tantra is awaken this dormant energy. 233 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:34,560 They talk about intimate union between Shiva and Shakti in tantra. 234 00:15:36,311 --> 00:15:41,316 Shiva is the masculine principle and Shakti is the feminine principle. 235 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:49,241 When meeting a partner, there would be a huge load of energy. 236 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:56,623 We use this energy as a vector for spiritual growth. 237 00:15:59,209 --> 00:16:00,794 I entered body and soul 238 00:16:00,878 --> 00:16:04,756 and I dedicated all my time, all my energy, everything, 239 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,259 to school, on the way. 240 00:16:08,844 --> 00:16:09,928 It was my life. 241 00:16:13,140 --> 00:16:16,018 A common saying they have is that the tantric path is like… 242 00:16:17,102 --> 00:16:19,980 exit a dirt road and enter a fast highway. 243 00:16:20,898 --> 00:16:27,070 Lessons come fast, come hard and, you know... "Be prepared." 244 00:16:29,281 --> 00:16:32,075 At that point, he was well involved with the school. 245 00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:33,493 TANTRA TEMPLE 246 00:16:34,328 --> 00:16:37,539 Someone said, "People think that tantra is sex, but it is not. 247 00:16:37,623 --> 00:16:41,001 It's love. Tantra is love." And that's intriguing, right? 248 00:16:41,084 --> 00:16:43,170 It's intriguing, especially if you hear 249 00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:46,131 that the question is live from the heart. 250 00:16:46,548 --> 00:16:49,426 And that it is… That it is just love. 251 00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:51,970 He knows? Who doesn't want learn about love? 252 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:59,728 I signed up for the first year of tantra and in the second year of yoga. 253 00:17:05,776 --> 00:17:10,030 Not all school knowledge is available to everyone. 254 00:17:11,156 --> 00:17:13,242 There are regular classes 255 00:17:13,325 --> 00:17:19,039 and some people are invited taking extracurricular classes. 256 00:17:19,665 --> 00:17:23,794 You are invited to participate of a weekend workshop, perhaps. 257 00:17:26,588 --> 00:17:30,384 The teachers chose the students 258 00:17:30,467 --> 00:17:34,638 that demonstrated more aspirations or more potential. 259 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:38,767 Only people considered… 260 00:17:39,601 --> 00:17:42,855 I don't mean "worthy", but I will say. 261 00:17:42,938 --> 00:17:47,693 Only people considered worthy are accepted. 262 00:17:49,361 --> 00:17:52,656 A little like a secret society. 263 00:17:57,995 --> 00:18:00,205 It must also have been very attractive. 264 00:18:00,289 --> 00:18:04,376 Quite a lot, yes. Very… seductive. 265 00:18:07,171 --> 00:18:10,424 Somehow, let you be closer 266 00:18:10,507 --> 00:18:14,887 and have closer access to the source it was quite attractive. 267 00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:22,352 WORN PICTURES SHOW THE YOUNG GURU GREGORIAN BIVOLARU… 268 00:18:22,436 --> 00:18:25,063 I don't know when I heard the word "guru" for the 1st time. 269 00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:27,816 …FEATURED IN THE 1ST ROMANIAN YOGA CONGRESS, 1990 270 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,986 But the school refers him as the spiritual guide. 271 00:18:33,906 --> 00:18:35,657 And did they say his name? 272 00:18:35,741 --> 00:18:37,951 Yes, Gregorian Bivolaru. 273 00:18:39,161 --> 00:18:40,662 And that he was Romanian. 274 00:18:40,746 --> 00:18:42,372 RARE PHOTO OF A CALM BIVOLARU 275 00:18:42,456 --> 00:18:44,041 MEDITATING IN A HILL IN BUCHAREST 276 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:46,919 He taught yoga during the communist regime. 277 00:18:47,002 --> 00:18:49,296 RARE PHOTOS FROM THE 1980s OFFER A GLANCE 278 00:18:49,379 --> 00:18:50,756 OF CONCENTRATED DISCIPLINE… 279 00:18:50,839 --> 00:18:53,467 He taught in secret, why yoga was prohibited 280 00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:56,345 and all these things were considered threats to the State. 281 00:18:56,428 --> 00:18:58,805 …WITH BIVOLARU ADJUSTING STUDENTS’ POSTURES 282 00:18:58,889 --> 00:19:02,059 And they said he took the risk to teach yoga. 283 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:04,978 A hero, you know? "Look what he did for the people." 284 00:19:05,437 --> 00:19:07,105 YOUNG STUDENTS VENERAM HERO BIVOLARU 285 00:19:07,189 --> 00:19:09,691 And there was some any idea where he was? 286 00:19:09,775 --> 00:19:12,986 I had no idea where he was. I knew it was hidden. 287 00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:16,615 BIVOLARU LOOKS AT A PERSON AS A MENTOR AND TEACHER 288 00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:19,952 We talk openly in class about him being arrested, 289 00:19:20,035 --> 00:19:23,497 and about great people like Mahatma Gandhi being persecuted. 290 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:28,168 And many people who fought for truth and enlightenment 291 00:19:28,252 --> 00:19:29,837 had been persecuted. 292 00:19:31,713 --> 00:19:35,342 He was compared to the metaphor to climb a mountain. 293 00:19:35,425 --> 00:19:38,679 You need a guide who knows the terrain, 294 00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:42,349 that you know what you're doing, to guide you there. 295 00:19:42,724 --> 00:19:45,644 MISS SHAKTI 2018 ENTER SACRED FEMALE CIRCLE 296 00:19:45,727 --> 00:19:48,021 They said there would be a festival in Romania 297 00:19:48,105 --> 00:19:50,315 throughout the month of August. 298 00:19:50,399 --> 00:19:53,485 And they said it was possible write to your spiritual guide 299 00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:56,405 and ask to go to the village. 300 00:19:59,533 --> 00:20:01,952 It would be a perfect opportunity 301 00:20:02,035 --> 00:20:04,788 to learn new techniques specific to women. 302 00:20:07,958 --> 00:20:09,918 And it would be great for transformation. 303 00:20:11,086 --> 00:20:12,671 So, I wrote to the guru. 304 00:20:14,173 --> 00:20:17,217 "Dear spiritual guide Grieg, my name is Ashleigh 305 00:20:17,301 --> 00:20:20,679 and I'm in the first year of the intensive yoga course. 306 00:20:22,097 --> 00:20:25,976 I decided to visit Romania for the summer program at Costinesti. 307 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:29,855 I write to ask to be accepted into the Village. 308 00:20:30,898 --> 00:20:34,359 This incredible opportunity will help me awaken, explore 309 00:20:34,443 --> 00:20:35,903 and understand my femininity." 310 00:20:35,986 --> 00:20:38,155 GREETINGS, ASHLEIGH FRECKLETON 311 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:39,489 I did it. 312 00:20:39,573 --> 00:20:41,074 And then... 313 00:20:42,201 --> 00:20:45,746 you have to send bikini photos. 314 00:20:46,455 --> 00:20:49,208 You have to stand and hold 315 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,502 a paper with your name, 316 00:20:51,585 --> 00:20:52,586 your sign... 317 00:20:52,669 --> 00:20:53,670 JUNE 17, 2018 318 00:20:53,754 --> 00:20:55,923 …where are you from, which school you attended. 319 00:20:56,006 --> 00:20:57,799 And this is sent 320 00:20:57,883 --> 00:20:59,384 for the spiritual guide, 321 00:20:59,468 --> 00:21:01,011 to participate in the program. 322 00:21:02,137 --> 00:21:03,931 I found it strange, yes, because like: 323 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:06,558 "Why don't you read my aura through clothes?" 324 00:21:07,476 --> 00:21:11,021 I sent the photos and the guru answered me 325 00:21:11,104 --> 00:21:15,192 like: "Yes! Welcome to the Villa, come immediately." 326 00:21:17,236 --> 00:21:18,904 Platform 6. 327 00:21:20,322 --> 00:21:22,282 AUSTRALIA PASSPORT 328 00:21:26,161 --> 00:21:27,829 WELCOME TO COSTINESTI 329 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:33,418 Costinesti. 330 00:21:35,879 --> 00:21:37,714 It is on the coast of Romania. 331 00:21:40,801 --> 00:21:45,138 In August, the city teems with yogis, 332 00:21:45,222 --> 00:21:47,641 but also with Romanians on vacation. 333 00:21:50,519 --> 00:21:54,773 There is an overlap of people unconscious, without perception, 334 00:21:54,857 --> 00:21:58,402 drinking, dancing, 335 00:21:59,653 --> 00:22:02,614 and all awakened yogis, 336 00:22:03,532 --> 00:22:07,286 trying to open your heart, raise awareness 337 00:22:07,369 --> 00:22:08,829 and benefit humanity. 338 00:22:10,831 --> 00:22:13,750 I would pass a month there doing yoga. 339 00:22:14,626 --> 00:22:15,794 I was excited. 340 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:19,423 I didn't know much. 341 00:22:19,506 --> 00:22:22,009 School had started in Romania, the guru was Romanian… 342 00:22:22,092 --> 00:22:23,385 BONNIE ENTERED IN 2012, DENMARK 343 00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:25,512 …and most of the students were Romanians. 344 00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:29,600 So, that's where they organized the main summer program, 345 00:22:29,683 --> 00:22:32,644 where everyone went, from all parts of the world. 346 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,235 In Denmark, our school was very strong. 347 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,738 It was a very big school, quite consolidated. 348 00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:48,785 I was a big caxias. 349 00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:52,581 She was a total nerd. I was bullied at school. 350 00:22:53,081 --> 00:22:56,960 I hid a lot in the library and read obsessively. 351 00:22:58,212 --> 00:22:59,671 Lived in Sydney. 352 00:22:59,755 --> 00:23:02,674 Whenever I knew a new partner, I said: 353 00:23:02,758 --> 00:23:04,510 "Don't even try to please me. 354 00:23:04,593 --> 00:23:06,512 It won't happen. My body is damaged, 355 00:23:06,595 --> 00:23:10,516 but I'm happy to be here with you and I want you to feel good." 356 00:23:10,599 --> 00:23:13,018 I tried to please others like that. 357 00:23:20,651 --> 00:23:24,530 But then, at 26, I met a partner who showed me a different way 358 00:23:24,613 --> 00:23:26,573 to call me sexuality and pleasure. 359 00:23:28,325 --> 00:23:31,119 I started to have sensations that I didn't know were possible. 360 00:23:34,665 --> 00:23:36,250 He said it was connected 361 00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:40,629 with the tradition of yoga and meditation that he was practicing. 362 00:23:43,340 --> 00:23:48,345 He wanted to explore more and delve deeper into it. 363 00:23:49,805 --> 00:23:52,933 That's when he decided I wanted to go to Denmark 364 00:23:53,016 --> 00:23:55,310 do teacher training, and invited me. 365 00:23:55,394 --> 00:23:59,147 Said I could live there and do volunteer work for the school. 366 00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:04,111 I was there in Denmark almost three years ago, 367 00:24:05,279 --> 00:24:06,947 when they said: "You were invited 368 00:24:07,030 --> 00:24:10,534 for a special retreat for women what will happen on the program. 369 00:24:10,617 --> 00:24:13,036 It's part of something called The Village. 370 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:15,205 It will be part of a community of women. 371 00:24:15,956 --> 00:24:16,999 See you there." 372 00:24:23,172 --> 00:24:24,006 The Village. 373 00:24:26,550 --> 00:24:28,802 I don't... Yeah, I didn't know what to expect. 374 00:24:31,263 --> 00:24:32,556 To me, it seemed crude. 375 00:24:33,849 --> 00:24:35,434 It wasn't my thing. 376 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:37,853 It had a high fence. 377 00:24:37,936 --> 00:24:40,189 Can't enter without your authorization. 378 00:24:44,067 --> 00:24:45,819 They took my passport. 379 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:49,865 HOLY BIBLE 380 00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:52,075 They take out a Bible 381 00:24:52,159 --> 00:24:53,827 and you have to say: 382 00:24:54,369 --> 00:24:57,748 "I swear on my health and my spiritual evolution 383 00:24:57,831 --> 00:25:01,627 I won't reveal any secrets nor anything that happens here." 384 00:25:03,837 --> 00:25:05,672 Pages and pages of rules. 385 00:25:05,756 --> 00:25:07,508 They said, "Now go to the other room 386 00:25:07,591 --> 00:25:09,218 and read these rules three times. 387 00:25:09,301 --> 00:25:11,261 It should take an hour, more or less." 388 00:25:12,804 --> 00:25:15,140 And then: "Okay, Now let’s take your photos.” 389 00:25:15,766 --> 00:25:16,600 And… 390 00:25:18,352 --> 00:25:20,938 They said: “You have to be naked. Naked." 391 00:25:21,021 --> 00:25:22,439 Take off all your clothes. 392 00:25:22,523 --> 00:25:25,651 So they can check your aura and ensure that your energies are… 393 00:25:26,235 --> 00:25:27,653 balanced to participate. 394 00:25:29,404 --> 00:25:33,033 I took off all my clothes and took photos from the front 395 00:25:33,116 --> 00:25:34,326 and profile. 396 00:25:36,411 --> 00:25:39,706 And you stayed with a flea behind the ear 397 00:25:39,790 --> 00:25:41,792 at this moment, that it was something strange? 398 00:25:42,626 --> 00:25:45,504 I definitely found it strange, but I don't really know... 399 00:25:46,672 --> 00:25:48,131 if I questioned that much. 400 00:25:48,632 --> 00:25:50,509 I think I thought, "Yeah, this is just… 401 00:25:51,093 --> 00:25:52,386 That's how it is." 402 00:25:52,469 --> 00:25:55,347 And I think it was empowering to think: 403 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:58,517 "Yeah, I'm going to take off my clothes. I don't have a problem with my body. 404 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,434 Of course." 405 00:26:03,272 --> 00:26:07,150 I had to sit naked in front of the camera, with a microphone, 406 00:26:07,234 --> 00:26:09,361 and answer some questions. 407 00:26:11,446 --> 00:26:15,409 They also said: "If we ask about 'him', 408 00:26:15,492 --> 00:26:17,828 we are talking about the master. 409 00:26:17,911 --> 00:26:20,163 Let's refer to it as 'him' on camera. 410 00:26:20,247 --> 00:26:22,082 We won't use his name. Just 'him'." 411 00:26:22,165 --> 00:26:27,129 They asked, "If I had the chance to meet him, how would you feel? 412 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:28,422 What would you say?” 413 00:26:28,505 --> 00:26:30,174 Or something like that. 414 00:26:30,591 --> 00:26:34,678 I was sitting there cross-legged, completely naked, facing the camera, 415 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:36,763 holding a microphone, and ask that. 416 00:26:38,724 --> 00:26:39,933 Said, "Yeah, I… 417 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:43,103 I would be very nervous just thinking about it. 418 00:26:43,187 --> 00:26:47,983 Very intimidated, But of course I would say yes.” 419 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:56,992 The women walked naked all the time, I loved it. 420 00:26:57,075 --> 00:27:00,370 I felt very open and safe. 421 00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:08,879 We asked each other for advice, welcomed, hugged, 422 00:27:08,962 --> 00:27:12,049 I cooked, it was a community. 423 00:27:16,678 --> 00:27:19,640 They were usually at school a few years ago, at least two, 424 00:27:19,723 --> 00:27:22,726 before going to the village. They were surprised: 425 00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:24,937 "How long has it been Are you at school?" 426 00:27:25,020 --> 00:27:26,939 "A few months." "Oh, and are you in the Village?" 427 00:27:27,022 --> 00:27:28,106 It was a little… 428 00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:34,780 I met women from the USA, from Germany, 429 00:27:34,863 --> 00:27:39,201 from Portugal, Brazil, from Greece, from Thailand. 430 00:27:39,284 --> 00:27:41,161 They came from all over the world. 431 00:27:44,665 --> 00:27:49,586 I was a first year student, attended classes weekly, 432 00:27:49,670 --> 00:27:52,130 and I already saw a difference in myself… 433 00:27:52,214 --> 00:27:53,924 MIRANDA ENTERED IN 2017, ENGLAND 434 00:27:54,007 --> 00:27:57,219 …and in my life, in comparison one, two years earlier, certainly. 435 00:27:57,302 --> 00:27:59,888 My relationships improved, 436 00:27:59,972 --> 00:28:03,809 my sense of identity had completely changed 437 00:28:03,892 --> 00:28:07,896 and that was a feeling pretty exciting. 438 00:28:09,773 --> 00:28:12,317 I decided I should quit my job 439 00:28:12,401 --> 00:28:15,362 and dedicate myself to it full time. 440 00:28:16,864 --> 00:28:20,659 There were some women there who seemed to run the whole thing. 441 00:28:20,742 --> 00:28:23,829 They were almost maternal figures. 442 00:28:25,414 --> 00:28:27,708 They went back and forth, they organized everything. 443 00:28:29,042 --> 00:28:32,713 Almost all women in the village did 444 00:28:32,796 --> 00:28:35,424 the first question: "What's your sign?" 445 00:28:35,507 --> 00:28:38,051 The second or third: “Are you going to join Miss Shakti?” 446 00:28:38,135 --> 00:28:40,387 MISS SHAKTI COMPETITIONS CELEBRATE SHAKTI, 447 00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:43,390 DIVINE ENERGY FEMALE IN HINDUISM. 448 00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:46,727 THESE IMAGES FROM 2013 SHOW THE SCALE AND SOPHISTICATION OF EVENTS 449 00:28:46,810 --> 00:28:49,354 They were competitions like Miss Universe. 450 00:28:54,985 --> 00:28:57,905 They created videos of you for the guru. 451 00:28:59,865 --> 00:29:02,242 I have to say that I was quite surprised. 452 00:29:04,786 --> 00:29:08,081 Women dancing quite seductively. 453 00:29:09,625 --> 00:29:13,378 All adorned with jewels and headpieces. 454 00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:17,007 With the whole program watching. 455 00:29:18,425 --> 00:29:20,844 Miss Shakti is on another level. 456 00:29:21,553 --> 00:29:23,639 It's almost the basis of the entire program. 457 00:29:25,516 --> 00:29:26,683 They teach an idea 458 00:29:26,767 --> 00:29:30,729 that when you empty yourself of your own person, 459 00:29:31,605 --> 00:29:36,818 you channel and ask to another person, entity, 460 00:29:36,902 --> 00:29:40,155 energy or goddess let it enter you. 461 00:29:40,239 --> 00:29:43,492 You turn this figure during that period. 462 00:29:45,702 --> 00:29:48,121 They call it transfiguration. 463 00:29:49,081 --> 00:29:52,668 I invite the spirit 464 00:29:53,335 --> 00:29:54,670 of the goddess Kali. 465 00:29:58,340 --> 00:29:59,591 It looks real. 466 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:01,844 And I don't know... 467 00:30:03,178 --> 00:30:07,516 explain why, in a rational way. 468 00:30:08,642 --> 00:30:10,519 It's a contest and there is a winner. 469 00:30:10,602 --> 00:30:12,229 And second and third places. 470 00:30:12,312 --> 00:30:14,815 But ultimately, you don't compete with others, 471 00:30:14,898 --> 00:30:16,608 the point is to compete 472 00:30:16,692 --> 00:30:19,069 with yourself and become a better version of yourself. 473 00:30:21,947 --> 00:30:25,784 For a woman who grew up feeling ashamed 474 00:30:25,868 --> 00:30:28,120 and judgment of one's own body, 475 00:30:28,203 --> 00:30:30,622 thinking she was fat. 476 00:30:30,706 --> 00:30:37,045 At school, there is an idea that your body is sacred 477 00:30:37,129 --> 00:30:40,007 and not some kind of object. 478 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,345 Sitting, watching it, 479 00:30:45,429 --> 00:30:49,266 you saw a quiet person, reserved, shy, 480 00:30:49,349 --> 00:30:51,602 that suddenly, at Miss Shakti, 481 00:30:51,685 --> 00:30:55,439 I was wearing a bikini on stage, like a sexual hurricane. 482 00:30:55,522 --> 00:30:57,816 I thought, "A micro bikini?" 483 00:30:59,401 --> 00:31:02,112 MISS SHAKTI CONTEST 2013 484 00:31:02,821 --> 00:31:06,200 There were many women, I can't even say how many there were. 485 00:31:07,451 --> 00:31:11,121 And I knew there was more advanced steps 486 00:31:11,205 --> 00:31:13,040 that were secret. 487 00:31:31,433 --> 00:31:33,727 I was eliminated in the first round. 488 00:31:35,437 --> 00:31:37,856 At the time, I was devastated. 489 00:31:37,940 --> 00:31:41,527 I thought, "Was it Why am I so much in my ego? 490 00:31:41,610 --> 00:31:45,364 Was it because I was with the wrong energy in the presentation? 491 00:31:45,447 --> 00:31:46,782 I… Why? 492 00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:50,953 What in me caused me to be eliminated at this stage? 493 00:31:51,912 --> 00:31:55,707 What does my spiritual guide Are you trying to show me?" 494 00:31:59,378 --> 00:32:01,547 Some things I felt They were a little weird. 495 00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:02,881 There was a… 496 00:32:02,965 --> 00:32:05,759 I remember an exercise of conscious touch, 497 00:32:05,843 --> 00:32:07,469 and just close your eyes 498 00:32:07,553 --> 00:32:09,680 and everyone gets their hands on you. 499 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:15,894 But they did another right at the end of the month. 500 00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:18,689 It was called integration. 501 00:32:19,815 --> 00:32:24,236 Almost all the women in the village planned to participate. 502 00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:27,781 You had to write your name if it were to participate in the integration. 503 00:32:27,865 --> 00:32:30,742 If you weren't going to participate, I had to leave the building 504 00:32:30,826 --> 00:32:33,412 during the hours in which it took place. 505 00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:37,875 Then they started talking about the technique, 506 00:32:39,084 --> 00:32:40,919 which is using urine. 507 00:32:42,629 --> 00:32:44,631 They called it the Golden Elixir. 508 00:32:44,715 --> 00:32:48,760 You exchange the Golden Elixir. 509 00:32:48,844 --> 00:32:50,429 You exchange urine. 510 00:32:50,512 --> 00:32:54,683 After at least 45 minutes of sex or "load", 511 00:32:54,766 --> 00:32:56,143 she is "loaded". 512 00:32:56,226 --> 00:32:59,605 This is how, supposedly, you integrates the qualities of the partner. 513 00:32:59,688 --> 00:33:02,191 It's the definitive level of connection and proximity, 514 00:33:02,274 --> 00:33:05,819 because you drink and incorporate 515 00:33:05,903 --> 00:33:07,738 the qualities of your partner. 516 00:33:08,614 --> 00:33:09,615 I… 517 00:33:10,616 --> 00:33:13,869 I didn't… want to. I wouldn't... I didn't want to. 518 00:33:17,956 --> 00:33:18,790 So, I… 519 00:33:19,791 --> 00:33:22,377 I sat down to do it. We entered the room, 520 00:33:22,461 --> 00:33:25,297 and all… It was all kind of ritualized. 521 00:33:28,467 --> 00:33:30,219 And then it was simply an orgy. 522 00:33:30,302 --> 00:33:32,387 A huge orgy with a lot of women. 523 00:33:33,013 --> 00:33:33,889 No man. 524 00:33:38,393 --> 00:33:43,440 I sat there, watching, in a somewhat meditative posture. 525 00:33:44,483 --> 00:33:46,735 And basically… I just watched. 526 00:33:49,613 --> 00:33:51,490 Then they started passing the basin 527 00:33:51,573 --> 00:33:54,117 and peeing collectively within it. 528 00:33:57,579 --> 00:33:59,748 Then they bottled it 529 00:33:59,831 --> 00:34:03,544 in little bottles, to put a few drops in the water 530 00:34:03,627 --> 00:34:06,922 and continue incorporating the qualities. 531 00:34:07,339 --> 00:34:10,717 I seemed to be the only one that I didn't want. It was as if… 532 00:34:10,801 --> 00:34:14,596 But I rationalized it like this: "Well, I'm not evolved enough. 533 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:17,349 Maybe one day I will be. I'm not there yet." 534 00:34:19,101 --> 00:34:21,311 When I did this for the first time, 535 00:34:22,271 --> 00:34:23,730 I was disgusted. 536 00:34:25,190 --> 00:34:30,862 I had a moment to think: "What am I doing?" 537 00:34:30,946 --> 00:34:34,032 It was weird, But he also had a sense of… 538 00:34:36,827 --> 00:34:40,371 love, acceptance, on a very deep level. 539 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:43,166 It was certainly intriguing. 540 00:34:43,250 --> 00:34:46,712 But I think I also fed and trapped me in all the shame 541 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,505 for not being able get involved in that. 542 00:34:50,966 --> 00:34:51,925 And… 543 00:34:52,009 --> 00:34:54,469 So you would like to have achieved it? 544 00:34:55,219 --> 00:34:57,472 I wish I had wanted to. 545 00:34:58,098 --> 00:34:59,725 I wanted to want. 546 00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:15,991 Back in the UK, I was confused and disoriented. 547 00:35:19,328 --> 00:35:21,246 "I need to overcome my blocks. 548 00:35:22,497 --> 00:35:26,502 All these fears and anxieties that are emerging only represent ego. 549 00:35:27,503 --> 00:35:30,130 And of course the ego will try prevent and block you 550 00:35:30,214 --> 00:35:32,466 at every step of your spiritual path. 551 00:35:32,549 --> 00:35:35,052 Your role is continue destroying the ego. 552 00:35:35,135 --> 00:35:36,470 Keep fighting your ego. 553 00:35:36,553 --> 00:35:41,558 Continue subduing and overcoming ego." 554 00:35:46,396 --> 00:35:50,067 Ziggy's influence it was quite significant. 555 00:35:51,985 --> 00:35:53,820 I talked to him a lot. 556 00:35:56,865 --> 00:35:58,951 Until then, everything for her 557 00:35:59,034 --> 00:36:02,120 seemed a little out of tune, 558 00:36:02,204 --> 00:36:05,040 so that you wanted get more involved. 559 00:36:07,084 --> 00:36:10,420 She certainly had difficulties with many of the practices. 560 00:36:13,423 --> 00:36:17,094 Hear how I integrated many of the teachings 561 00:36:17,177 --> 00:36:19,137 certainly made her more comfortable, 562 00:36:19,221 --> 00:36:24,560 or at least calmer, that you can live a very normal life 563 00:36:24,643 --> 00:36:26,311 around the school. 564 00:36:29,022 --> 00:36:33,819 In Denmark, I was being taken to the core of the community. 565 00:36:35,362 --> 00:36:40,534 And I had the chance to be initiated in the art of tantric love. 566 00:36:42,995 --> 00:36:47,541 Paula had entered the school about three years before I arrived. 567 00:36:49,459 --> 00:36:53,463 I knew there would be a series of postures in this act of love. 568 00:36:53,547 --> 00:36:58,552 She guided me through them the way as loving and attentive as possible. 569 00:36:58,635 --> 00:37:03,307 The feeling was really like a… disarmament of the chest and heart. 570 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:06,393 I could feel and connect with myself again. 571 00:37:06,476 --> 00:37:09,563 Something that was absent for a long time. 572 00:37:13,775 --> 00:37:16,737 Paula had been to several relationships at this point. 573 00:37:17,362 --> 00:37:20,324 She had received these techniques initiation, so… 574 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,619 they were just being passed on to me. 575 00:37:30,209 --> 00:37:31,960 The tantric tradition 576 00:37:32,044 --> 00:37:37,382 has practically always been to be just for initiation. 577 00:37:39,468 --> 00:37:43,096 Don't just tell someone who is having difficulty: 578 00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:45,682 "Yeah, go on, practice more." 579 00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:49,186 We have to work at a level deeper than that, 580 00:37:49,269 --> 00:37:52,481 we have to see each other on a much deeper level. 581 00:37:55,025 --> 00:37:57,778 Some things can be learned in lectures. 582 00:37:57,861 --> 00:38:00,739 Some things can come from yoga, meditation, whatever. 583 00:38:02,491 --> 00:38:07,162 But some experiences are only possible 584 00:38:07,246 --> 00:38:10,290 by contact directly with the teacher. 585 00:38:12,709 --> 00:38:18,215 He has to take me certain things through it. 586 00:38:20,259 --> 00:38:23,804 That wasn't possible with no one else. 587 00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:28,559 It was really a form of initiation, from master to student. 588 00:38:36,233 --> 00:38:39,903 The receptionist at Tara Yoga sent me a message: 589 00:38:39,987 --> 00:38:43,031 "Hey baby, Are you going to come to the center today? 590 00:38:43,115 --> 00:38:45,492 I have something to talk to you." 591 00:38:45,576 --> 00:38:48,412 She was looking for a private room and I didn't think, 592 00:38:48,495 --> 00:38:50,497 because many studios were in use. 593 00:38:50,581 --> 00:38:53,667 He ended up taking me to a closet. 594 00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:56,837 It was like a warehouse. 595 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,589 She turned: "Ah, do you remember 596 00:38:58,672 --> 00:39:03,218 when we were in the village and we had to write dates 597 00:39:03,302 --> 00:39:06,847 where we could be available to visit the guru?" 598 00:39:06,930 --> 00:39:10,767 Her: "Well, he invited you. 599 00:39:10,851 --> 00:39:12,686 She was invited to meet him. 600 00:39:12,769 --> 00:39:15,105 It's all integrated for you on these dates. 601 00:39:16,481 --> 00:39:20,319 But it's all secret. You can't tell anyone. 602 00:39:20,402 --> 00:39:23,071 You book your transport and we will refund. 603 00:39:23,155 --> 00:39:27,409 The place where You need to go to Paris." 604 00:39:28,952 --> 00:39:32,247 PARIS, FRANCE 605 00:39:34,499 --> 00:39:37,878 SECT CRIMES UNIT FRENCH NATIONAL POLICE 606 00:39:39,505 --> 00:39:41,256 Head of Central 607 00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:43,383 combat to Violence against People, 608 00:39:44,676 --> 00:39:46,803 what a fight the most serious attacks. 609 00:39:46,887 --> 00:39:48,305 CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT 610 00:39:48,388 --> 00:39:51,183 We operate nationally, we conduct investigations in France 611 00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:53,810 and we also cooperate with foreign forces. 612 00:39:56,939 --> 00:40:01,109 Caimades is a special unit which investigates sect crimes. 613 00:40:02,277 --> 00:40:04,863 It's important specify that Caimades 614 00:40:04,947 --> 00:40:08,909 it does not police beliefs or ideas. 615 00:40:08,992 --> 00:40:11,495 It's not our job. People believe whatever they want. 616 00:40:11,578 --> 00:40:12,663 JUDICIAL POLICE 617 00:40:12,746 --> 00:40:16,708 However, if a transgression takes place in a sect, 618 00:40:16,792 --> 00:40:18,961 our role is to intervene. 619 00:40:20,796 --> 00:40:23,757 This case was huge for us, 620 00:40:24,466 --> 00:40:26,885 in terms size of the investigation. 621 00:40:28,095 --> 00:40:30,264 It is an international movement. 622 00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:34,726 The accusations against the members of this movement 623 00:40:34,810 --> 00:40:35,811 were the following: 624 00:40:37,312 --> 00:40:38,856 human trafficking, 625 00:40:40,607 --> 00:40:41,692 rape, 626 00:40:43,068 --> 00:40:46,530 exploitation of vulnerable individuals under psychological influence. 627 00:40:49,575 --> 00:40:52,911 What is the saying? When the… 628 00:40:54,079 --> 00:40:56,331 "When the student is ready, the master appears." 629 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,458 I was clearly ready. 630 00:40:58,542 --> 00:41:03,672 The student was ready, I was mature. I was ready and the master appeared. 631 00:41:08,468 --> 00:41:11,263 Gregorian Bivolaru was wanted through representatives, 632 00:41:11,346 --> 00:41:12,347 but he didn't respond. 633 00:41:12,431 --> 00:41:15,475 He denies all accusations against your person. 634 00:41:17,019 --> 00:41:19,271 NATHA from Denmark says to follow the country's laws 635 00:41:19,354 --> 00:41:21,440 and which did not make it possible meetings with Bivolaru, 636 00:41:21,523 --> 00:41:23,358 nor is it responsible by personal choices. 637 00:41:23,442 --> 00:41:25,068 NATHA from Sweden claims to be independent 638 00:41:25,152 --> 00:41:26,320 and follow the laws of the country, 639 00:41:26,403 --> 00:41:29,531 no institutional ties with Bivolaru or other Atman schools. 640 00:41:29,615 --> 00:41:31,325 It says that students who found Bivolaru 641 00:41:31,408 --> 00:41:33,660 they did it without the school knowing and what she treats 642 00:41:33,744 --> 00:41:36,496 with serious concerns, suggestions or criticisms from students. 643 00:41:37,581 --> 00:41:39,917 Tara Yoga Center says that, due to processes, 644 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,418 you cannot comment at this time. 645 00:41:41,502 --> 00:41:42,961 Atman says he is not responsible 646 00:41:43,045 --> 00:41:45,881 for the private lives of employees or affiliated students, 647 00:41:45,964 --> 00:41:48,967 and that the allegations are under investigation and have not been proven. 648 00:41:49,051 --> 00:41:51,094 They all say condemn all forms of abuse. 649 00:42:40,602 --> 00:42:43,605 Translation: Felipe Bini