5.11.2025
Police have arrested a British woman Maria Shchetinina a.k.a Maria Sly Love a self-proclaimed guru for teaching tourists ‘sex yoga’ behind a restaurant on the island of Koh Phangan, Thailand.
Maria Sly Love, 40, usually charges her students about $12 per session. Her clients receive lessons on meditations, tantric massage, and ‘sacred sexuality.’
Police stormed the new-age themed Ethos restaurant on November 4, following investigations into the allegedly ‘sexually indecent’ yoga classes that Maria advertised on social media.
Police disrupted the class while she was leading yoga exercises for customers sitting in front of her on mats. She told police: ‘My lawyer said it’s ok, it’s good.’
The police said they checked her passport and work permit, which showed she worked as a customer relations manager for a residential property management company.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Winit Boonchit said the raid came after locals reported Maria’s ‘risque’ social media posts.
The officer said: ‘The suspect’s behaviour violates the Foreigners’ Working Management Emergency Decree because working as a tantric yoga instructor is outside the permitted scope of jobs.
‘She was charged for working as a foreigner outside the authorised scope and was handed to the inquiry officer at Koh Phangan Police Station for further legal action. ’
Koh Phangan police had previously arrested Polish YouTuber Michal Grygoruk in March for similarly holding sex yoga classes on the island.