Harvard graduate Joelle Tamraz, was young, enthusiastic and a perfect target for a fake yoga guru. Seeking enlightenment, purpose and peace, she came across a man who swept her off her feet and used spiritual manipulation to eventually exploit her and her family out of thousands of dollars. He told wild stories of channelling and inhabiting someone else’s body to justify cheating right in front of her face. Find out how after 18 years, despite having built a yoga studio together, she was able to see through it all and escape his clutches.


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• Meeting the Arun right after graduating from Harvard
• Yogic Flying, explained
• What it was like meeting this "Guru" and falling under his spell
• How Joelle was groomed by Arun
• Why Arun focused in on Joelle
• The long con in Arun trying to create a harem
• Joelle married Arun not knowing about his criminal record
• Joelle's mom gets targeted too
• Love-bombed and manipulated
• Arun pit Joelle against her parents
• Arun's manipulation tactics
• Arun explains why original yoga practices were for men
• Arun claimed to be 180 years old, now in a new body, and married with 5 kids
• Arun sealed Joelle to him
• Arun would "channel" spirits
• Arun starts heavy drinking to "save the life" of Joelle's father
• Arun declared he would never work again (and live off of Joelle)
• How Arun was using "channeling" to manipulate Joelle and others
• Joelle regains her power
• Joelle realizing she had been conned for 18 years
• What happened to Arun?
• How Joelle is doing now

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