Bickering Bikram

Aaron Farmer

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• Bikram Choudhury
• Sandy McCauley
• Lynn Whitlow
• Yoga
• Exercise and Fitness

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"Bikram is a very powerful and controlling person," says McCauley, who has erased the word "Bikram" from her studio's promotional materials since receiving the cease-and-desist letter.

"I am grateful to him, and I do love the man and what he is putting out there, but I recognized early on that I would not be able to be under his thumb. It seemed to me that he really wanted devotees like a guru would, and I know that he would not be that kind of influence on my life, so I didn't go there."