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World of Secrets is where untold stories are exposed.
And in this new series, we investigate the dark side of the wellness industry, following the story of a woman who joined a yoga school only to uncover a world she never expected.
I feel that I have no other choice.
The only thing I can do is to speak about this.
Where the hope of spiritual breakthroughs leaves people vulnerable to exploitation.
You just get sucked in so gradually.
And it's done so skillfully that you don't realize.
World of Secrets, the bad Guru.
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So, Laura, you've been mixing with a beetle.
Yeah.
Not like a.
Like an earwig or something.
Yeah, a real beetle, an actual beetle, Like a living legend beetle.
A musician beetle.
Yes.
Much to my surprise.
If you'd said to me last weekend, what are you doing this week?
I would not have said, well, I'm going to end up interviewing Sir Paul McCartney.