In this week's cover story, I profile John Friend, who built his Texas-based Anusara yoga school into a global empire before losing it all in a lurid 2012 scandal and moving to Denver to start anew.

Gregorian Bivolaru, a tantric yoga guru and founder of the multinational Atman Federation, has been arrested over allegations of sexual abuse, manipulation and exploitation. Bivolaru was taken into ...

QAnon — the baseless conspiracy theory that claims that a cabal of Satan-worshipping, blood-drinking elites control politics and media — is closely identified in political circles with some supporters ...

Indian yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped popularize yoga around the world and wrote 14 books on the subject, died Wednesday. He was 95. Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar’s death was reported ...

Bikram Choudhury had sued his former protege for copying trademarked yoga poses. Dec. 3, 2012— -- Bikram Choudhury, one of the world's most successful yoga gurus and a pioneer of "hot yoga," has ...

Kundalini yoga studio founder Guru Jagat has died aged 41. The yoga instructor passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday after reportedly suffering a pulmonary embolism following ankle surgery. Jagat ...

Four of the women accuse Bikram Choudhury of rape. Feb. 26, 2014— -- The pioneer of "hot yoga" Bikram Choudhury is now under fire himself, defending his yoga empire against lawsuits brought by ...

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Indian yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped popularize yoga around the world and wrote 14 books on the subject, died Wednesday at age 95. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Bellur ...