But for the last five or so years, as my training has advanced, I have seen a great deal of corruption in the upper ranks of 3HO, KRI, IKYTA, and Sikh Dharma that have opened my eyes-and a great many friends of mine in the community-to the abuses of power, the un-yogic way that people are treated by Legacy Teachers in authoritative positions (or even forced to “modify” their behavior in order to remain in the community), and, personally, I have been victim of emotional and psychological abuse by one of my teachers: a Legacy Teacher, who studied under and worked for Yogi Bhajan (and, after reading Dyson’s memoir, perhaps learning from his actions how to intimidate and manipulate in covert ways). I have practiced Kundalini Yoga for over half my life the teachings have changed me, and the practice has saved me. While Premka covers Pamela Dyson’s repeated sexual abuse and emotional manipulation under Yogi Bhajan and the cult she helped form around him over 16 years as his Secretary General, personal attendant, and head administrator (“We are creating a history, and the world will just marvel at this history one day,” he is recorded by Dyson as having said), it also is a highly personal document about being caught in a web of power and hierarchy, as well as Dyson finally coming to terms with needing to leave her Guru and her community in order to find herself. While Premka covers Pamela Dyson’s repeated sexual abuse and emotional manipulation under Yogi Bhajan and the cult she helped form around him over 16 years as his Secretary General, personal attendant, and head administrator (“We are creating a history, and the world will just marvel at this history one day,” he is recorded by Dyson as having said), it also is a highly personal doc A very brave, unflinching memoir about the birth of Kundalini Yoga in the West under Yogi Bhajan in the late-1960s.
As a historical treatise and a spiritual mystery, this book offers unique insight into the origins of the Western Sikh movement and the proliferation of Yogi Bhajan’s kundalini yoga.moreĪ very brave, unflinching memoir about the birth of Kundalini Yoga in the West under Yogi Bhajan in the late-1960s. It also reads as a love letter to a unique time in history-the ‘60s in Los Angeles and New Mexico, where love, music, art, spiritual exploration, often led to self-transformation.
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This intimate memoir, written by one of Yogi Bhajan’s prized teachers and exalted students, is full of devotion, love, dedication, betrayal, loss and the healing unification of the self. It also reads as a love letter to a unique Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage is a compelling and beautifully unfolding tale, offering a haunting look into a teacher/student relationship. Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage is a compelling and beautifully unfolding tale, offering a haunting look into a teacher/student relationship.
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