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Ashleigh Freckleton

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684 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

I can't say with certainty because I think it's very different across different countries and different schools.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

In a sense, yes, I believe I have observed that phenomena happening in other areas.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

I've seen that there are women who are high up in the school, they're in the position of being a teacher, and they're observing women that are showing promise and also happen to be young and attractive and beautiful.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

And those are the women that are then

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

given a lot of tension and given a lot of love bombing and brought into the inner circle and given invitations for certain opportunities.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

And it's just, it's a process of grooming.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

And I don't think it comes from a place of malicious intent.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

These women actually think that they're doing a service to others.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

They think that this is a blessing.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

Yeah.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

Spiritual bypassing is happening the whole way through and they are themselves victims at a certain point and then it's a really grey area.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

of when they go from being a victim to a perpetrator.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

And I think some women are really clear victims and then some women really do go on to be perpetrators in their own right.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

And I think they are running the operation.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

They're quite aware of what's happening.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

But again, they're still justifying it to themselves under this spiritual premise.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

So when you go into the ashram, they take all of the photos and videos of you naked and during that interview... What's the justification for that on the day?

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

They say it's to read your aura.

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

Which even then I was going, why can't you read my aura with my clothes on?

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Australian True Crime
Escaping a Cult Posing as a Yoga Movement - ATC International

There shouldn't be any reason for this.

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