Media Directory
A comprehensive compilation of articles, podcasts, and social media posts featuring Rama Wrong and community members.
HBO MAX
HBO Max orders four-part docuseries BREATH OF FIRE based on Vanity Fair feature spotlighting Kundalini Yoga
TRIBECA FILM
This docuseries paints a portrait of a seeker turned guru and examines the complicated intersection of spirituality, cultural appropriation, and capitalism.
ARTICLES
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Vanity Fair
When Katie Griggs died in August, kundalini adherents were bereft—they’d lost their last apostle. Others—former members, calling it a cult rife with abuse—felt relief that the movement’s Janus-faced leader was gone, and that their truths could be set free.
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Insider
How a white woman in a turban captured a devoted following, spanning continents, for her yoga practice that some former members say was abusive and cultish
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Vice
Inside the Dubious World of RA MA Yoga, and Its Girl Boss Guru to the Stars. According to sources, founder Katie Griggs aka Guru Jagat exploited her loyal followers under the guise of improving “wellness” and facilitating “healing.”
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LA Magazine
A revered yoga figure's legacy is being reevaluated as former followers come forward with allegations that they endured relentless sexual, emotional, and physical abuse
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Newsweek
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.
Podcasts
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Imperfect Paradise
Episode 2
Guru Jagat starts the pandemic with an understandable skepticism of official medical advice, but quickly grows to embrace an array of far-right conspiracy theories.
Imperfect Paradise
Episode 4
In early 2020, just as fears about coronavirus are worsening, women begin accusing the founder of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan, of sexual assault. Guru Jagat’s surprising response sets the stage for her radicalization during the pandemic.
Fair Game
Episode 58
Leah and Mike talk with the co-creator of @ramawrong, whistleblowers exposing the abuses of the RA MA Institute for Applied Yogic Science and Technology and its leader Guru Jagat (Katie Griggs). The stories of abuse, money motivation, and a culture of worship of the guru are reminiscent of Scientology and so many other high-control organizations.
Conspirituality Episode 37
Matthew’s interview with Kundalini Yoga scholar Philip Deslippe and journalist Stacie Stukin continues, as they discuss the tragic past, chaotic present, and future relevance of the cult of Yogi Bhajan.
Conspirituality Episode 36
Matthew’s interview with Kundalini Yoga scholar Philip Deslippe and journalist Stacie Stukin continues, as they discuss the tragic past, chaotic present, and future relevance of the cult of Yogi Bhajan.
Imperfect Paradise
Episode 1
Before her sudden death in 2021, Guru Jagat had become a famous Kundalini yoga teacher based in Los Angeles. But as the global pandemic grew, she started talking like a far-right coronavirus conspiracy theorist. What does her journey down the rabbit hole tell us about the appeal of conspiracies in the yoga and wellness community?
Imperfect Paradise
Episode 3
Katie Griggs, a young woman from rural Maryland, discovers Kundalini yoga in her early 20s and goes all in. She transforms herself into Guru Jagat, a beloved and controversial yoga and wellness influencer in Los Angeles. In this episode, her friends, family, and coworkers grapple with how she changed in the final years of her life. And we explore the connections between yoga and conspiracies like QAnon.
Conspirituality Episode 64
We’ve convened an expert panel this week to remember and discuss Katie Griggs, aka GJ. She died in an LA hospital on the evening of August 1st. LA Magazine was the first outlet to confirm the death with the RA MA Institute, which Griggs co-founded in Venice, CA.