Els Coenen, Ph.D., is a Belgian author and former nuclear physicist. In 2020, she published her first book ‘Bewind vs Bemind’ (in Dutch). It channeled the outrage and powerlessness she experienced when she discovered how vulnerable older people, like her Aunt Margriet, were abused by heartless and unworldly lawyers who were actually supposed to protect their clients. In Els’s second book, ‘Under the Yoga Mat: The Dark History of Yogi Bhajan’s Kundalini Yoga,’ published in June 2023, she is on a mission of truth-telling and justice. She co-wrote it with GuruNischan, a second-generation adult born into the Healthy, Happy, Holy 3HO Kundalini Yoga cult that, for fifty years, has covered up abuse and criminal activities. The book uses testimonies of people who were abused or hurt in the cult and many other sources of information. The goal is to amplify the voices of survivors who have been silenced, minimized, ridiculed, and ignored for far too long.
