Episode 4 is out and it’s a conversation with two writers who have been covering the controversial relationship the group 3HO (Happy, Healthy, Holy Organization) has had with its second generation members. Give it a listen.
The children of those who joined the organization have for decades complained of abuses they suffered in the group, especially when they were sent off to boarding schools in India. The complaints reached a crescendo in 2020, and 3HO offered a reparations program to its former second generation members who reported neglect and psychological, physical and sexual abuse.
The program just concluded, and Stacie and Philip wrote about it recently for Baaz News in an article titled 3HO’s Boarding Schools Were A Living Hell.
They’ve covered this group for a while and have much to say about its practices, businesses, treatment of children, and actual efforts to make changes. 3HO was led by the late Yogi Bhajan, who started Kundalini Yoga, and the organization continues to produce and sell the popular Yogi Tea.
Spoiler alert: The reparations program was not effective.
We’ll also have comments from Narangkar, a past guest from Season 2 who grew up in 3HO.
If you haven’t already, go back and listen to Narangkar’s story, which we just rebroadcast.
Below is a clip from Narangkar’s episode, where she discusses being sent to a boarding school.
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YB tried to marry me to the child rapist Narayan mentioned in the article. YB and his wife thought that if Narayan was married, it would quell his perversions. My son was 2 years old. When I realized, years later, that YB put my son in harms way, the earth shook. I couldn’t sleep for days. I still have nightmare of our time in the cult.
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