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Pamela Dyson

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Arriving in Los Angeles from my hometown of Seattle, in 1964, in the midst of the transformational 60s, I soon attended my first yoga class with the charismatic Yogi Bhajan. He quickly swept me into his service and ultimately entitled me his Secretary General, as I served as administrative director, translator, and editor of the community’s quarterly magazine. I witnessed the birthing of the 3HO organization from its earliest days in 1968, through its growth into a global movement of Kundalini yoga practitioners and Western Sikhs. Struggling with my own inner conflict over what I perceived and what I was told to believe about my spiritual teacher, 'Premka' tells the story of those sixteen years until 1984, when I made the decision to step a Arriving in Los Angeles from my hometown of Seattle, in 1964, in the midst of the transformational 60s, I soon attended my first yoga class with the charismatic Yogi Bhajan. He quickly swept me into his service and ultimately entitled me his Secretary General, as I served as administrative director, translator, and editor of the community’s quarterly magazine. I witnessed the birthing of the 3HO organization from its earliest days in 1968, through its growth into a global movement of Kundalini yoga practitioners and Western Sikhs. Struggling with my own inner conflict over what I perceived and what I was told to believe about my spiritual teacher, 'Premka' tells the story of those sixteen years until 1984, when I made the decision to step away from him and the control he exerted over my life.
It was more than 20 years later, in January of 2020, that I published 'Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage', my firsthand account of that life of devoted service and the journey to reclaiming my own sovereignty.
What happened after the book came out was beyond anything I had anticipated. It ultimately triggered a formal independent investigation into Yogi Bhajan's misconduct, though he had died in 2004. Dozens of other survivors now found the courage to come forward with their own stories. Kundalini yoga studios around the world began taking his portrait off their walls. 'Premka' found its way to 15,000 readers with absolutely no marketing behind it. Purely through the power of the story and the community it touched.
Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance, and prominent practitioner and teacher of Mindfulness practices, has called my memoir a beautifully written, rawly honest, and wise account of the human heart.
My upcoming second book takes up the story where ‘Premka’ left off, sharing the circumstances and events that offered me refuge and continuing growth, evolution, and transformative challenges. The escape, the lawsuits, the marriage, the birth of my son. It shares events as well as the stories of healing through the long and deeply human process of learning to hear and honor my own inner voice.
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