Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

which he frequently did, 523 00:28:23,326 --> 00:28:26,705 and he grabbed my body and... 524 00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:30,709 opened me up real hard, 525 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:32,669 just pulled everything apart 526 00:28:32,752 --> 00:28:35,130 and dropped my body down, which wasn't... 527 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,633 abnormal for him to do to people, 528 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:41,344 but then he pressed himself into me, 529 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:45,140 and started whispering into my ear, 530 00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:48,309 "What are we gonna do about us?" 531 00:28:51,646 --> 00:28:53,356 I'm split in half... 532 00:28:54,274 --> 00:28:56,401 with my heart dropping down real low. 533 00:28:59,487 --> 00:29:02,574 So, emotionally, I just broke, 534 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:04,659 and I had to stand up, 535 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,952 and as soon as I did, 536 00:29:06,035 --> 00:29:07,787 he continued the class. 537 00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:22,218 The next day, I went to one of the senior staffers 538 00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:24,345 and said, 539 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:28,141 "Bikram asked me if I would be with him." 540 00:29:28,808 --> 00:29:30,518 And he didn't look shocked at all. 541 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:32,395 And he, in fact, said, 542 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,481 "If you decide to stay, 543 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,691 then I recommend you do what I do, 544 00:29:37,108 --> 00:29:39,986 and that is separate the man from the teacher." 545 00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:43,281 [cassette player clicking on] 546 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:44,783 [Bikram] <i>Party time.</i> 547 00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:46,701 <i>Drink your water.</i> 548 00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:50,497 <i>Party over.</i> 549 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:51,706 <i>Standing head to knee.</i> 550 00:29:52,415 --> 00:29:55,794 <i>Thirty seconds that posture</i> <i>better than eight hours' sleep at night.</i> 551 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,838 I did actually two years of Bikram Yoga... 552 00:29:58,922 --> 00:30:03,885 from his voice cassette in my house with a heater, um, you know, in a room. 553 00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:06,304 [Bikram] <i>Don't look so sad.</i> 554 00:30:06,387 --> 00:30:07,388 <i>Don't look lonely.</i> 555 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:08,598 <i>I'm not your enemy.</i> 556 00:30:08,681 --> 00:30:10,934 <i>I'm the only friend</i> <i>you ever had in your life.</i> 557 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:15,563 I told him, you know, being the very modest little me, 558 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:18,525 and I said, "Oh, well, I've been doing your tape at home 559 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:19,984 and I love your singing." 560 00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:22,153 Oh, wow. [chuckles] Wrong thing to say to Bikram, 561 00:30:22,237 --> 00:30:25,198 'cause, literally, he's, like, this close to me in front of my face 562 00:30:25,281 --> 00:30:28,576 and he proceeds to sing me a song, right, this close. 563 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:32,330 [singing softly] 564 00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:48,221 [class whooping and cheering] 565 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:56,062 [Winfield] Everybody in the community knew me as the medical personnel. 566 00:30:57,981 --> 00:31:00,108 In that nine weeks, you're gonna have... 567 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:03,278 a certain segment are gonna have upper respiratory infections. 568 00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:08,408 We had people passing out during class. We had dehydration. 569 00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:13,872 At the end of that first teacher training, 570 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:18,001 Bikram pulled me up on stage in front of 400 people, and, like, 571 00:31:18,084 --> 00:31:19,502 "This teacher trainer 572 00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:22,422 would like to thank the one person who helped the most." 573 00:31:24,632 --> 00:31:28,094 So, you know, when you receive applause in front of 400 people 574 00:31:28,177 --> 00:31:31,014 and you're seen as being closer to Bikram, 575 00:31:32,348 --> 00:31:34,267 you start being looked at like... 576 00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:35,727 somebody special. 577 00:31:40,148 --> 00:31:43,318 I look at this in the way that Bikram and Rajashree are both like, 578 00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:44,903 "We're your family now. 579 00:31:44,986 --> 00:31:47,071 We're a community, and we're family." 580 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:52,619 And if you know about families and abuse... 581 00:31:53,703 --> 00:31:54,787 [crowd cheering] 582 00:31:54,871 --> 00:31:55,997 ...you start out... 583 00:31:56,873 --> 00:31:58,750 loving the father figure, 584 00:32:00,501 --> 00:32:01,586 and this is Bikram. 585 00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:07,717 You know, you have to understand this is nine weeks of yoga 586 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,761 and people are wearing nothing but a bathing suit. 587 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,056 [Bikram] Come on the toes and sit on your heel. 588 00:32:13,139 -->