My ex wrote “Friends”. Watching from an ashram basement turned my life upside down (exclusive)

Blair Glaser, author of 'This Incredible Longing: Finding My Self in a Near-Cult Experience' reveals how it felt watching her alternate path play out on TV ...
Business Insider

I moved to an ashram to become enlightened. But suppressing my desire for men led to more of the loneliness I'd come to heal.

I moved to an ashram in the Catskills when I was 23 years old. We had all vowed to be celibate while we were living there. Despite that rule, I never got so much attention from male members, which ...
New Republic

A Beautiful Place for an Ashram

Sarah T., a body therapist who had been practicing in California, went to the Shree Rajneesh Ashram in Pune in June 1978, after reading some of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s books and attending workshops ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Abandoned Beatles Ashram Is Opened to the Public for the First Time in a Long, Long, Long Time

The ashram's entrance was once closed to visitors, who had to sneak in or bribe a guard. Pallava Bagla/Corbis "Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey." Pallava Bagla/Corbis The ...
The Gazette

Head to ashram, retreat center for mini-vacation | Live Well

Sometimes you just feel a nudge to get quiet and go within. Whether you seek a deeper connection to your spirituality, to study meditation, or to simply get away from the bright lights, big city for a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Ashram’: Film Review

Set in the Himalayas of India, Ben Rekhi’s spiritual thriller 'The Ashram' co-stars Melissa Leo and Sam Keeley as competing followers seeking the favor of a mysterious guru. By Justin Lowe Long a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Eat Like Oprah and Cindy Crawford With The Ashram’s New Cookbook

The Ashram, the Calabasas wellness retreat loved by Oprah Winfrey, Cindy Crawford, Ashley Graham, Sharon Stone and more, has a new cookbook so you can eat the retreat's wholesome food at home. By ...