Russian Council took him out of Shaja Yoga collectivity for participating in internet discussion group

January 13, 2010

23 October 2009

Daily issues

We would like to share with you few stories which show the ways of

new leadership in Russia. We are not sure should we laugh or cry on

such stories – they are both funny and sad.

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In one city in Siberia one yogi had problems with council – he didn't

like how they behave, how they throw people out of Sahaja Yoga. So he

just left the collectivity, he stopped going to programs – it is a

very common solution in Russia. After some time the council

officially took him out of Sahaja Yoga collectivity for participating

in internet discussion group were sahaja yogis with the same point of

view gathered together.

After some time he contacted his collectivity, they said that maybe

he can come back now. But they had a condition of his return. We have

an entrance fee for the programs (around 2 euros). So they told him

that he will be welcomed back if he pays entrance fee for all the

programs he missed for 3 years!

Another story happened in a city not far from Moscow. There was one

yogini, a member of a local council. After some time she stopped

feeling comfortable there and said that she doesn't like how things

were organized there. She also stopped coming to programs for some

time. After a year she decided to come back but she was not allowed

to come inside. They told that they do not know what she was doing

for this year and maybe she should start with coming to the programs

for newcomers.

She humbly agreed and asked if she can come to the newcomers program

next Saturday. Surprisingly, she found that she is not welcomed there

either because " The course for new beginners already started and she

must wait 1-2 months before the next course will start, because no

one will start the course from the beginning just for her " .

Maybe it looks for you like local " extremes " , but we know this style

very good in Russia and we are sure that it has the source in the

city of Togliatti, the city of our national council.

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