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From there, she presents the showman [[Pierre Bernard (yogi)|Pierre Bernard]] and his relative [[Theos Bernard]], Pierre confusing yoga with tantric sex, complete with "lust, mummery, and black magic",<ref group=SB>{{harvnb|Syman|2010|p=87}}</ref> Theos telling a carefully fictionalised account of his experiences with [[Hatha Yoga]] in India and Tibet.<ref group=SB name="Bernard">{{harvnb|Syman|2010|pp=80–142}}</ref>
A variety of straighter advocates of yoga followed. [[Margaret Woodrow Wilson]], daughter of American president [[Woodrow Wilson]], "turn[ed] Hindu" after she "found peace" in
In the 1960s, the scene was dominated by celebrity gurus, whether from India like [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], or home-grown like the "[[Psychedelic drug|psychedelic]] sages" [[Ram Dass]] (aka Richard Alpert) and [[Timothy Leary]].<ref group=SB name="Psychedelic">{{harvnb|Syman|2010|pp=198–232, 256–267}}</ref>
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