The letter below was widely circulated and was re-written as an official complaint by the author. It was ignored by the institute to which it was sent. Hi Manouso,I am writing you because I received the letter you’ve recently written (looks like around 2/5). Thank you for, as always, being the voice of sanity!I’m sorryContinue reading “Is Iyengar Yoga a Cult?”
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Manouso Manos Yoga
“The world would be a happier place than it is if acquisitiveness were always stronger than rivalry. But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals. ” From Bertrand Russell’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech The world will never be the same. The COVID-19 pandemicContinue reading “Manouso Manos Yoga”
Abhijata Iyengar’s Letter
So along the way, the team (YP, Yoga Police, The Advocate, Crystal Dildo Girl and the original accuser) accumulated a few followers who were more than happy to jump on the bandwagon, many of them never having taken a class with Manouso. They went to great lengths on social media to call out anyone, especiallyContinue reading “Abhijata Iyengar’s Letter”
Manouso Manos Allegations
IYNAUS continued to solicit complaints about Manouso after the one-sided report was published. In a two week span, I received three official Iyengar communications soliciting complaints about Manouso. The fact that Manouso denied and continues to deny the charges was conspicuously absent from all these communications. I am not alone in my opinion that theContinue reading “Manouso Manos Allegations”
THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF MANOUSO MANOS
The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions. -Virginia Woolf Maybe it’s just coincidence that IYNAUS selected an independent investigator recommended by Yoga Alliance and then joined forces with YogaContinue reading “THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF MANOUSO MANOS”
Who is Manouso Manos?
If you saw Manouso on the street you would never guess in a million years that he is a gifted yoga teacher. He’s almost always dressed in a white polo, the same dad sweater, blue slacks, and non-descript black shoes that tie not slip on. These days he looks more and more like a grandpaContinue reading “Who is Manouso Manos?”
THE IYNAUS ETHICS COMMITTEE
The Ethics Committee who handled the orginal compaint against Manouso was comprised of four capable and intelligent women. The chair of the Ethics Committe has a Ph.D in Forensics and is a consummate professional. After watching the vitriolic scourge of incorrect and inflammatory assertions about Manouso on social media, I was relieved when the EthicsContinue reading “THE IYNAUS ETHICS COMMITTEE”
The Iyengar Yoga Police
Over the years, I have noticed in increase in the high-mindedness of yoga practictioners, especially in the Iyengar yoga community, which already feels superior to other yoga systems. I blame social media. Previously, there was no avenue for yoga practitioners to post perfect asana pictures captioned with a morally superior statement. It’s possible that theContinue reading “The Iyengar Yoga Police”
Manouso Manos Allegations and Geeta Iyengar
I love Geeta Iyengar so much. The first time I went to India to study at RIMYI (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute) Geeta was not well and was not teaching. BKS Iyengar was not well either but would show up at the practice hall. I had waited a long time to go to India to studyContinue reading “Manouso Manos Allegations and Geeta Iyengar”
THE YEAR OF YOGA HATE! MANOUSO MANOS ALLEGATIONS
My Iyengar yoga practice changed a lot in the year 2019. The shift came when in 2018 a student a longtime student of Manouso’s filed a sexual assault complaint against him for an adjustment in a public class in 2013. Initially the accuser opted for anonymity , then violated a confidentiality agreement with the EthicsContinue reading “THE YEAR OF YOGA HATE! MANOUSO MANOS ALLEGATIONS”
