Oh f*ck, did we join a yoga cult?! We thought it was an organization that was changing the world through yoga - because the yoga felt so amazing and that's what the "methodology" was supposed to help us do. But the deeper we got in, the more indoctrinated we became. We've learned a LOT since then about manipulation, coercion, abuse of power and undue influence. (Be a yes, don't get me started...) And we're going to share it with you here. Super casual style, not fancy. It's just us and our opinions and true stories. We are allowed to speak our truth. We hope this helps people.
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Oh f*ck, did we join a yoga cult?! We thought it was an organization that was changing the world through yoga - because the yoga felt so amazing and that's what the "methodology" was supposed to help us do. But the deeper we got in, the more indoctrinated we became. We've learned a LOT since then about manipulation, coercion, abuse of power and undue influence. (Be a yes, don't get me started...) And we're going to share it with you here. Super casual style, not fancy. It's just us and our opinions and true stories. We are allowed to speak our truth. We hope this helps people.
12 - The 'FIT to Lead' Training, aka: "I'll Fuck Your Head Off!" - Baron Baptiste
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1 hour 18 minutes 2 seconds
3 years ago
12 - The 'FIT to Lead' Training, aka: "I'll Fuck Your Head Off!" - Baron Baptiste
"I'll Fuck Your Head Off!"
"I'm over here, Gino is over there. My seeing of Gino is happening out there where I am not. There is no 8" Gino in my head"
- Baron Baptiste
Does this sound like advanced-level facilitator training content to you? Well, believe it or not this (and more!) is what we learned in the first “Facilitator In Training” in 2014 (now known as Fit to Lead). 28 of us paid $10K each for the promise that we would be trained directly by Baron to be the successors of the “Baptiste Legacy”, able by the end of the 2-year, 8 weekend-long training, to lead Baptiste programs. We were nervous, excited but quickly learned we were about to get NOTHING we signed up for and could not have imagined how horribly abusive Baron would turn out to be.
All names except Baron Baptiste have been changed to preserve peoples’ privacy and to keep the focus where it belongs - on Baron.
There are so many stories of public humiliation and abuse, including “Liam” (international yoga teacher)shredded by Baron for (private) pot useage, getting help from his parents and his use of the term “hotel motel, holiday inn” to describe a yoga black. Baron required participation in 40 days because he thought we needed to lose weight; “CEO” had us create content for free that BY then turned around and SOLD to the general public. As part of our training… We PAID Baron to create content!! A rich drunk participant was praised while a sincere grown man was berated to the point of tears… a person who could not speak English well was made to believe (by Baron) that they could potentially lead programs; speech about your most embarrassing moment; name change, bait-and-switch; addition of Tier 4, teacher at Yoga Journal (pay), creating the content; creating more programs for them to use and charge community members for the programs.“Colleen you’re fucked”. - Baron. The Exorcism of Rick performed by Baron; If this episode doesn’t f*ck your head off, we don’t know what will?!
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Oh f*ck, did we join a yoga cult?! We thought it was an organization that was changing the world through yoga - because the yoga felt so amazing and that's what the "methodology" was supposed to help us do. But the deeper we got in, the more indoctrinated we became. We've learned a LOT since then about manipulation, coercion, abuse of power and undue influence. (Be a yes, don't get me started...) And we're going to share it with you here. Super casual style, not fancy. It's just us and our opinions and true stories. We are allowed to speak our truth. We hope this helps people.
