Health Clinics Health Education Public Libraries School of Carpentry Join us for studies in the true meaning of yogaincluding asana, meditation, mantra, tantra, sacred scripture, and the art of joyful living. Several months later, the two couples met up again. So far, none of their attempts to communicate their experiences has been met by official Institute willingness to investigate their charges. In 1971 Swami Rama founded the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in order to create the means to scientifically verify, document, publish, and teach the experiences of his ancient heritage. Brian says he did not realize at the time that a conviction for fraud could have lost the Institute its federal tax-exempt status as an educational institution. Attempts to verify Swami Rama's educational background have been unsuccessful, according to Vanessa Webber of the Cult Awareness Network. But as she spent more time around Swami Rama and his inner circle, Megan says, the guru subjected her to a barrage of sexual harassment. * "Nirvana was up at his cabin, walking his dog at 5:30 in the morning, and Megan was with him day and night." In such a situation, she says, the whole system becomes sick and no one can see the light: "There's no truth allowed; it's a no-talk rule.". But it is also common in the thought-control techniques of totalitarian states. Megan says she squelched an urge to speak out, instead deciding, like most of the Institute's residents, to suspend judgment so she could "understand and learn" from this "great master." A report has been made to law enforcement, and I'm guessing . Brian also received a threat, he says: a note telling him he "might get hurt," which was accidentally shoved under the door of a lawyer who rented the office next door to his in a Honesdale office building. His early American followers had been spiritual seekers of the counterculture who found their guru at his ashram on the banks of the sacred Ganges in Rishikesh, India. But for a man of Pandit Arya's background and beliefs, the relationship with one's guru is more momentous than any merely temporal bond. Fortified by their mutual discovery, Karen says, the two couples undertook to inform their fellow students back home in Minneapolis. Nor does Dr. Ballentine mention that in 1977 Nuernberger was formally reprimanded by the Minnesota Board of Psychology for unethical practices stemming from his relationship with a third woman patient. But the siddhis can be an ego trap. A producer for "60 Minutes" was reportedly unable to complete her documentary on Swami Rama when the women involved backed out and refused to appear on camera. Under New York State law, according to Trescelli, a woman who does not get a medical exam or report the incident to police within a limited period of time has little chance of obtaining a conviction. "I thought: 'Maybe it's the only way he can break through some stubborn barrier in my ego. Carolyn stayed at the Institute for three more years, working at a variety of jobs. A world leader in the field of yoga, meditation, spirituality, and holistic health, the Himalayan Institute is a non-profit international organization dedicated to serving humanity through educational, spiritual, and humanitarian programs. To judge by their price tags, these and other Institute programs must bring in a considerable income. Megan* started the Institute's graduate program in Eastern studies in the fall of 1982. According to the stipulation he signed with the Board's Ethics Review Panel, Nuernberger admitted that he terminated a counseling relationship with "Victoria S." during the third session in order to enter into a "personal relationship - such relationship to include sexual contact.". Swami Rama frequently invited them to parties in his private quarters, where they say he entertained them with funny stories and racy gossip. How could she be the only one who realized what was going on? A rash of articles featuring Swami Rama appeared in national magazines, including Time, People, and Playboy. Because I do not want to find out. Finally, she obtained his permission. He is also supposed to have graduated from a homeopathic medical school in India, and studied at Hamburg University, the University of Utrecht, and Oxford University. Unfortunately, there is some mystery surrounding its founder, Swami Rama, and possible connection with drug abuse and sexual indecency. Live online programs, on-demand courses, and hundreds of yoga and meditation classes. To my relief, I could detect no flash of recognition, guilt, fear, or anger in Carolyn's eyes. He must see something special in me.'" They enjoy spending their free time adventuring, camping, exploring, and creating memories together. When Swami Rama returned from India two months later, Carolyn resumed working as his appointments secretary during the day, and, she says, as his sexual servant on some nights. She thanked me, but assured me I had no reason for concern. "The real guru is within," Dr. Ballentine says, "that still small voice within you." Dr. Ballentine, who says he studied psychology at the Sorbonne and completed his training in psychiatry at Louisiana State University, defends Nuernberger. Friends of the two couples set up a "truth booth" outside the entrance of the Institute's first annual congress in 1976. Despite the questions about his background, there is no denying that Swami Rama made a terrific impact on western thinking when he served as a research subject at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. At that, she says, he raged at her until she was sobbing, unable to speak a word in her own defense: No! D., about abuses that allegedly took place in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York City, and India, for a chapter in Darling's doctoral dissertation, "Turning East in the Twin Cities: Converts and Movements in the 1970s" (University of Minnesota, 1987). In the presence of others, we spoke only of positive or spiritual matters, in the deliberately modulated tones all the residents used. Ultimately, the woman had revealed the liaison to her husband. 7,616 were here. Mission Membership is an invitation to put your spiritual values into action by supporting our shared commitment to service while deepening your study and practice in the living Himalayan Tradition. The Institute's program is no longer accredited by the University of Scranton. In May, Swami Rama visited the area again. Authentic Ashram Living Ag Innovation Center Business Plan. The chapter on the Meditation Center in Patricia Darling's dissertation details the growth of the center and the subsequent disillusionment of many of Pandit Arya's students with his new guru. Those who build boundaries around themselves because of their ego problems create suffering for themselves." Relationships are the first test of spirituality. Ayurvedic treatments, massage therapy, chiropractic care, and integrative health services at PureRejuv Wellness Center. In March 1978, she says, Swami Rama came to Glenview and initiated her. But Carolyn says she stifled her doubts about the guru, transforming them into doubts about her own selfishness: "Because I'd rationalized that he was teaching me a lesson, I believed he must be teaching other women the same lesson, and I shouldn't begrudge his attention to other students.". Allegations of such abuse have been made against modern yoga gurus such as Bikram . The Institute also offers a dizzying array of education programs, including a diploma program for hatha yoga teachers. By 1977, the Institute was able to purchase the Honesdale ashram, a former Catholic seminary in the rural Pocono Mountains, which now houses more than 100 residents and guests. In the spring of 1983, Swami Rama began to court her again, she says: He told her that she would help him prepare a book of sacred poetry he was writing, and he assured her repeatedly that he would take her to India the following autumn. Impact of Accreditation Sanctions on Enrollment. During this spiel, she says, he put his hand on her buttocks, but she told him she wasn't buying it. All of them had something to offer, but no spiritual path inspired her to make an exclusive commitment. Had Nirvana said anything? Then he started giving her practices without any spiritual meaning, she says, and telling her she wasn't doing them right. My father certainly had sex, and that's why I was born, so will I lose faith in my father? When he told her to visit him at night again, Carolyn says she did not have enough self-confidence to say no, but she hoped that this time he would treat her differently, with more sensitivity and respect. One spring evening a couple of weeks later, she says, Swami Rama called her aside to ask why she'd been avoiding him, and she tried to tell him she'd discovered his lies. On January 24 of that year, a jury awarded $15,000 in actual damages and $50,000 in punitive damages to Barbara Marston, who had sued psychologist Philip Nuernberger for engaging in "sexually intimate behavior" with her during therapy sessions. Swami Rama made Carolyn his appointments secretary in August also. Two other women left the Institute shortly afterwards. Each of the women I interviewed described how he would discern her particular needs and self-doubts and manipulate her spiritual beliefs or naivet in order to exploit her sexually-he has an uncanny ability to suit his approach to each victim, they say. The Combined Therapy program and the outpatient branches of the Institute for Holistic Medicine combine Western medicine, homeopathy, Eastern medicine, psychotherapy, nutrition, yoga, and meditation to treat people with a variety of physical and emotional problems. At bottom, however, she believed her feelings didn't matter. During the next few months, Carolyn says, Swami Rama bade her visit him in his private quarters once every couple of weeks, either after lunch or after evening prayers; he also made it her job to buy condoms. The annual congress, held each June, offers a smorgasbord of lectures and "new age" workshops. Ayurvedic treatments, massage therapy, chiropractic care, and integrative health services at PureRejuv Wellness Center. Even so, it was a blow to find out that she wasn't particularly special: Swami Rama apparently had other "spiritual courtesans." Shortly after they started studying with Pandit Usharbudh Arya at the Meditation Center in Minneapolis, he introduced them to his guru, Swami Rama. When he was finished, Rose told them, Swami Rama left her room, saying he's be back the next day. In some states, a patient has the right to sue her doctor or psychotherapist for malpractice even if she originally consented to sex, because people under psychological or medical treatment are considered too vulnerable and dependent to give free and full consent. Anyway, he said that our relationship would be exclusive, I'd be like a spiritual courtesan. The original creator of the neti pot, the Himalayan Institute has been offering traditional and modern products for health and spirituality since 1971. And that did not undermine Mahatma Gandhi's work!& No, this would not be shattering, certainly not. She renewed her acquaintance with her former meditation teachers and started taking classes in Glenview, Illinois, at the Institute's original headquarters. Shortly after they returned to the U.S., Karen and George say that they and all their correspondents received a bizarre, defamatory letter containing an implicit death threat. Its mission, according to the Articles of Incorporation, was "to make known to the members and people in general the real, synthetic, and harmonious view of world religions and philosophy in terms of modern scientific achievements and undertake researches for all around ethical, social, economical, and spiritual development of humanity to attain world peace, international integration, understanding, and spiritual awakening of the human race." Wisdom must show itself in action and lovingness." They rarely had to do the menial chores performed by other residents; Brian was encouraged to study the sacred texts and write a book, while Terry got training as a Montessori teacher and started a school for the Institute's children. When she questioned him, Megan says, he became angry and dismissed the women's suffering, saying that a little poison ivy could be good for them. Pandit Rajmani says he also has concrete reasons to know that Swami Rama could not be sleeping with his disciples. According to Karen and George, no legal action resulted. Our humanitarian projects serve impoverished communities through rural empowerment and environmental regeneration. Obedience to the guru's commands is implicitly expected of all long-term residents; former students describe him walking through the main dining room and ordering one person to move to the New York branch, another to change jobs. A guru has the wisdom of experience and the ancient teachings, so he can provide guidance, Dr. Ballantine says, but students should "judge every [practice] on the basis of your own experience." The Himalayan Institute and its varied activities and programs exemplify the spiritual heritage of mankind that unites East and West, spirituality and science, ancient wisdom and modern technology. Publications Health Products Explore high-quality, unique, practice-enhancing products made for yogis everywhere. Both came from prominent Midwestern families; each had an alcoholic parent, and they now believe they were seeking not only spiritual growth, but also a strong parental figure. At the Himalayan Yoga Institute we believe in providing you with a broad yogic education to empower you to make the best possible choices for your students and create a modern yoga class that respects yoga's traditions and foundation while taking into account the unique personal needs of your students. Meanwhile, the couple says, they discovered more evidence of illicit activity. Yet the Institute's success comes at a high cost for many of those involved. During a series of biofeedback experiments in 1970 and 1971, Drs. Ex-members say that Swami Rama also uses his psychological insights to manipulate people. Residents staff the Institute's administration, bookstores, and other small businesses, including Himalayan Publishers and Distributors and an elementary school. He would call her to his office for a private audience, and as she hung anxiously on his words he would paint a flattering picture of her future with the Institute. At some point, we ran into Swami Rama in a hallway. Expert wellness consultations direct to your home. In my interviews with current and former members of the Institute, I heard an almost unvarying litany of beliefs about Swami Rama's abilities. She was feeling so disgusted with her body and afraid of the guru's humiliating comments that one night she couldn't face going to his room, she says. Hadn't he taken vows of celibacy? Every time he saw her, she says, he told her she was "perfect," as if she had passed some important test. No one had thoroughly investigated, until journalist Katharine Webster decided to spend two years researching their allegations. Perfect. Expert wellness consultations direct to your home. Still, she felt she had no right to question the guru's actions. The Catholic Church may discipline a priest who has sex with a parishioner, not only because it violates his vow of celibacy, but because his parishioners must be able to confide in him without worrying that he will exploit their trust for his own gratification. Discover our new online platform for community, courses, and content. The Himalayan Institute publishes over 60 titles on yoga, spirituality, and holistic health, including the best-selling Living with the Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama and Yoga: Mastering the Basics by Sandra Anderson and Rolf Sovik. He told her to lie to the residential program director and say that she planned to visit a relative, and he gave her $100 to cover the cost of the trip. Of all the Institute's swamis and teachers, Pandit Arya is by far the most scholarly. Terry, who is now a practicing psychotherapist, says she believes Swami Rama's behavior is compulsive-he can't help it." She specializes in Myotherapy, Deep Tissue, Prenatal, Swedish Relaxation, Sports Therapy, and Hot Stone Massage. Or maybe he needs to have sex just to release energy so he can meditate better. He rapidly attracted a following that included many graduate and professional students. "If the guru's instruction leads to a deeper peace, freedom from conflict, a deepening of meditation, harmony in relationships - all of these. Carolyn had sought a consultation with Pandit Rajmani, who told her that Megan was either lying because she was "on an ego trip," or fantasizing a sexual encounter that had never taken place. His students believe he is able to read minds and manipulate physical reality with his advanced yogic powers; thus they believe he can heal sickness with the power of the "superconscious" mind. The Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy is an international non-profit organization, which promotes yoga and holistic health through yoga retreats, residential programs, health products and services, media publications including Yoga International magazine, and humanitarian projects.The institute's main campus is located on (1.6 km 2) in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern . Go to Top. Through her sympathy for what appeared to be his plight, and disarmed by his jokes, she says she allowed him to cajole her until she let her defenses down. In 1969, Pandit Arya met Swami Rama, who gave him "one of the highest meditation initiations," in which he experienced himself "as a being of light." Burnett is a postdoctoral fellow in Houston's department of education leadership and . Many of those beliefs are based on Hindu and Buddhist teachings about the nature of the guru. But the University of Scranton didn't offer a degree program in Carolyn's area of study, so she saw a way to rationalize leaving the Institute while still saving face; she could still be considered a good disciple if she cold get the guru's blessing to go away to college. He laughed, Megan says, and told her that the women didn't know what they were weeding. Pandit Tigunait holds two doctorates: one in Sanskrit from the University of Allahabad, India, and one in Oriental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. If somehow Pandit Rajmani were forced to acknowledge that the women were telling the truth, would this shatter his faith in the guru? Dr. Elmer Green says that he and his wife have heard from a number of women who said they were sexually exploited by Swami Rama. Yoga seminars, retreats, and professional certifications taught by our world-class faculty, designed to bring you the best of an authentic yoga tradition. She was dreamy! It is a mistake to judge the external guru's worthiness by his behavior; instead, the student should look inside and determine whether that person is helping dispel the darkness of her ignorance. "Anyone who lives a public life can go through such remarks;& you have heard about all that blackmailing" of famous, rich athletes, he explains to me in the spring of 1989 at the Honesdale ashram. One evening in early June, Carolyn remembers, Swami Rama's housekeeper phoned the women's dorm and asked her to bring the manuscript she was preparing over to Swami Rama's new cabin. If a hundred people come and say that the day is night and I know that it's not, the voting system doesn't do it here, you know? A system that rewards a particular behavior or person and then arbitrarily ignores or punishes that same behavior or person can quickly lead even healthy individuals to develop profound anxiety and uncertainty-the antithesis of self-confidence. As Rutter explains in his book, a sexual relationship between a man in a position of power-doctor, psychologist, mentor, or priest-and a woman who is dependent on him-as patient, student, client, or troubled soul-almost always involves an element of coercion and a betrayal of trust. There he founded the Meditation Center. HIT ranked under Top Commerce Colleges in All India by The Week 2022. When I asked Pandit Arya about the allegations of sexual abuse, he admits that he was very disturbed when he first heard them. A spiritual center should pay close to $1.9 million to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted 30 times by the center's leader, a jury decided on Thursday. He also has the integrity to admit that if they were true, it would be very terrible, and a violation of the teaching that says one should treat all women as daughters. The Institute also offers instruction to counselors and psychotherapists in the application of yoga and meditation techniques to therapy. Our commitment to service both at home and abroad incorporates our global humanitarian impact through projects in Africa and India as well as a commitment to sustainable partnerships with the local community at our world headquarters in Honesdale. When she asked him what she should do with the love letters, she says, Swami Rama would laugh and say, "Oh, these goofy women! His disciples believe he knows them better than they know themselves, and that if they want to achieve their spiritual goals they should do exactly as he says. In daily lectures by the Institute's teachers and in conversation with Swami Rama's disciples, she frequently heard that Swami Rama had a "greater purpose that we couldn't understand," and that he was "beyond morality and judgment. Instead, he told the other board members that he believed Rose, and that they should investigate the incident for themselves. He bragged about his sumptuous homes in India and Japan and about his shopping sprees for designer clothes, she says. Mission Membership is an invitation to put your spiritual values into action by supporting our shared commitment to service while deepening your study and practice in the living Himalayan Tradition. When the couple confided their resulting marital troubles to Karen and George, Karen confirmed her friend's experience by revealing that she, too, had had a supposedly exclusive and spiritual sexual relationship with Swami Rama before her marriage. Then, later on, when the right man came along, she would marry and be very happy. The guru spoiled them, they say, calling them his spiritual son and daughter, and soon invited them to come live in Pennsylvania. Megan*, a former graduate student in the Eastern Studies program, wrote a letter to the Jesuit administration of the University of Scranton saying that Swami Rama was subjecting women students to sexual exploitation. Years later, Carolyn told me that four years of discipleship under Swami Rama had taught her to be a successful liar. At the same time as he dismissed her, Swami Rama also gave her a Sanskrit name. The original creator of the neti pot, the Himalayan Institute has been offering traditional and modern products for health and spirituality since 1971. Himalayan Institute locations 3.6 Honesdale, PA Show all locations What's being discussed at Himalayan Institute? Why did Carolyn say these things? Our endeavors are distinguished by their living connection to an ancient wisdom tradition of the Himalayan Masters, expressed through a unique offering of online and in-person mission programs. Within a sect the guru's authority is often absolute: he rules from the pinnacle of the institutional hierarchy. Halfway through their meal, Carolyn remembers, Martha hesitantly said, "I know this will sound like a weird question, but has Swamiji ever asked you to have sex with him?" Surrender only leads to enlightenment if the "guru within" is strong and well developed. Continue reading Be the first to find this review helpful Helpful Share Report 5.0 Former Employee, more than 3 years Came for a job left with life-long friends The accumulated testimony of their personal experiences through the years exhibits a pattern typical of "sex in the forbidden zone," coupled with institutional mechanisms of defense and denial. Our Honesdale campus continues to be home to a service-driven community of yogis, volunteers, and faculty-in-residence. Had anyone spoken to her? Explore our integrative health services & therapeutic treatments to help restore your natural state of well-being. Residents are expected to donate a large portion of their labor, and they must sacrifice personal freedoms and privacy. One of them, along with the other women from the tour group, attended the wedding of Swami Rama's son, although the guru is officially supposed to have been celibate since taking his Swami's vows. And that was the first time I realized what all that stuff meant-the other women, the 'goofy' file, and the rumors about the lawsuit. Dr. Ballentine says he has good reason to think that Marston "was very anxious for [Nuernberger] to go further, and he didn't. In many ways, the Institute's austere structure is designed to appeal to the personality that yearns for what psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton calls a "totalist" environment, where virtually every aspect of one's life is subject to external control. In the United States, far from the strong cultural morality of the guru's country of origin, it is not regulated at all. Study Retreat Wellness Travel Shop About HI ONLINE Program Calendar ALL NEW! ", Why would the women want to blackmail Swami Rama? Irwin Schneider, the lawyer for the Himalayan Institute, conceded that it was morally wrong for the Swami Rama to have sex with the woman from North Carolina, a 19-year-old student at the time. Williams, however, did not sue Nuernberger himself; she sued the clinic where he worked, alleging that the clinic "knew or should have known" that Nuernberger was engaging in harmful sexual activity while treating her. Despite this, our rural empowerment programs continue to thrive and grow as we work towards our goal of fighting poverty, illiteracy, and inequality through education, health care, and job creation. The Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, nestled in the beautiful Pocono Mountains in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1971. He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. From its beginnings 20 years ago, the Institute has expanded steadily to include some 25 branches and affiliated yoga and holistic health centers in the Midwest, the Northeast, Texas, California, and abroad. At about the same time, Carolyn was accepted into the residential program at East West Books Chicago, the Institute's downtown branch. The Himalayan Institute is a good a good model on how to do a resort perfect. Check our website! She recalls that he said they would become very close, their bodies would come together, and then they would part. Maybe it's an honor that this great yogi asked me of all his students to serve him in this way. But after they started saying all these things, I never trusted them anymore. She sounded unhappy, so I made plans to visit her at the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where she had been a resident for more than four years. 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