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GURU JAGAT (1979 – 2021) born Katie Griggs, was a celebrated and iconoclastic thought leader, teacher, poet, author, fashion designer, musician, and entrepreneur. She founded RA MA Institute for Applied Yogic Science and Technology in 2013, as a platform for sharing Kundalini yoga and meditation. In 2014, Guru Jagat launched RA MA TV bringing her classes, trainings, courses, and open access content to students around the world. Guru Jagat encouraged open dialogue on new, alternative ideas and theories that challenged the status quo. On her podcast, Reality Riffing, and in her classes, she spoke about interdimensional space, cosmic beings, new paradigms that were often controversial. Early life and education Katie Griggs was born in the summer of 1979 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her mother was a farmer and a therapeutic clown, and brought her up surrounded by New Age teachings. Before adopting the spiritual name Guru Jagat also used the aliases Athena Day, Katie Day, and Kundalini Katie. After initially dropping out of school, she obtained a degree from Antioch College. She studied Kundalini yoga in New Mexico under the mentorship of Harbhajan Singh Khalsa. Career and views Journalist Emily Guerin described Griggs as an attention seeker and someone who was both a victim and perpetrator of injustice, referring to her abuse of employees and incorporation of cultish elements in her corporate yoga enterprises. Guru Jagat was the owner-operator of the Kundalini yoga studio the Ra Ma Institute of Applied Yogic Science and Technology located on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, Los Angeles, which opened in 2013. Her clients included actor Kate Hudson, singer Alicia Keys, and actors Kelly Rutherford, Demi Moore, and Laura Dern. Staff at the studio were paid less than minimum wage. She opened her second yoga studio in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2014. Guru Jagat operated the podcast Reality Riffing with Guru Jagat. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she used her podcast to share conspiracy theories about COVID-19 being spread by chemtrails and artificial intelligence taking over. On the podcast she interviewed conspiracy theorist Arthur Firstenberg and conspiracy theorist and antisemite David Icke. Griggs did not follow California's public health rules during the pandemic and refused COVID-19 vaccines. Griggs used social media to share supportive statements about her mentor, the late Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, also known as Yogi Bhajan, who was accused of rape, child abuse, and financial impropriety. Griggs also shared QAnon conspiracy theories, including the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. In 2021, two former employees of Griggs accused her of running Ra Ma Institute as a cult, and calling a Black Lives Matter supporter a "cockroach". GURU JAGAT owned the clothing line Robotic Disaster and the record label RA MA Records. Invincible Living (book) In 2017, Harper Elixir published Guru Jagat’s book Invincible Living: The Power of Yoga, The Energy of Breath and Other Tools for a Radiant Life (ISBN 978-0062414984.) Invincible Living includes lessons previously shared by Guru Jagat via her media outlet RA MA Media on the topic of Kundalini yoga. The illustrated book includes instruction on simple breathing and moving exercises as well as lifestyle and wellness advice. The book includes invaluable advice to increase metabolism, improve mood, increase creativity, reduce stress, and slow ageing. It also provides advice on financial prosperity and improving reader's sex lives. Personal life and death Guru Jagat married husband Teg Nam in a Sikh ceremony in Scotland in 2019. Guru Jagat died on August 1, 2021, at the age of 41. She died of a cardiac arrest caused by a pulmonary embolism following surgery on her left ankle. She is buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Legacy HBO Max is working on a documentary-series about her life called Breath of Fire, after one of the breathing techniques used in Kundalini yoga. LAist featured Griggs in season four of their Imperfect Paradise (podcast). See also Yoga in the United States Sexual abuse by yoga gurus References External links Guru Jagat – Instagram Guru Jagat – Twitter Ra Ma Yoga Institute – official website {https://www.instagram.com/ramawrong/ - . Discover the Guru Jagat popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Guru Jagat books.