It starts of small and it is usually called "Cult" then as more members join in, then it becomes establish religion, until someone speaks out and tells the truth and all hell breaks lose. I kept saying that religion is a fraud many times over and this is just one of those out of the thousands, this includes the 3 leading religions that should be out of business. Cottonwood, Arizona (CNN) -- The cheering was raucous and the applause thunderous for a man who makes few public appearances. As he made his way gingerly across a gravel park, where he had just dedicated a nearly 40-foot statue representing the "Soul of the Earth," a voice shouted out: "I love you, Ilchi Lee." Lee, a South Korean businessman, is the founder of a national chain of yoga and wellness centers called Dahn Yoga. The company teaches that its physical exercises "can restore the vibrations of the body and brain to their original, healthy frequencies," according to a video introduction on its Web site. But Dahn Yoga is now defending itself from allegations by former employees that it is "a totalistic, high-demand cult group" that demands large sums of money from its followers and enshrines Lee as an "absolute spiritual and temporal leader." A lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Arizona, says that recruits "are unknowingly subjected to an intensive program of psychological manipulation, indoctrination and various techniques of coercive thought reform designed to induce them to become Ilchi Lee's disciples and devote themselves to serving him and his 'vision.' " Jade Harrelson, one of more than two dozen plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said Dahn leaders "prey upon people like me who are ignorant about the way money works." The company denies the allegations and calls the plaintiffs "disgruntled former employees." "In our 30-year history, we have helped millions of people lead healthier and happier lives," corporate spokesman Joseph Alexander told CNN. Dahn Yoga set up its first shop in the United States in 1991, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It now has 127 storefront centers in the United States, more than 1,000 worldwide, and Forbes magazine estimates the company's 2009 profits at $34 million. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/05/yoga.lawsuit.lee/index.html
Tell me about it. There's always ads on local Tamil tv station about new priest or palm reader coming from India whom will tell you the future. These guys are the biggest crooks. Some even claim that they got healing power. They come and charge tons of money just so people would come and hug these losers.