British Woman, 40, Arrested For ‘Teaching Sex Yoga’ Classes For £10 In Thailand

ByMF Jones

A British woman has been arrested in Koh Phangan, Thailand, for allegedly hosting ‘sex yoga’ classes for £10 behind a local restaurant. What, are you not allowed to do that?

Maria Shchetinina, 40, used the name Maria Sly Love and charged clients 400 baht (£9.50) for weekly lessons on meditations, tantric massage, and ‘sacred sexuality’.

She was grassed up by locals who saw her Facebook adverts online and the police raided her lesson to let her know she was breaking the law.

Here they are detaining her on her yoga mat mid-session:

A British woman has been arrested for allegedly teaching 'sex yoga' classes in Thailand. Maria Shchetinina, 40, aroused concerns over her weekly tantric sessions for tourists visiting the island of Koh Phangan, where the Full Moon Party is held. The self-proclaimed guru used the named Maria Sly Love and charged clients 400 baht (9 GBP) per class. Wearing low cut tops, taught clients meditations, tantric massage, and 'sacred sexuality' form behind a local restaurant. Police stormed the new-age themed Ethos restaurant on November 4, following investigations into the 'sexually indecent' yoga classes that Maria advertised on social media. PACKAGE: Video, pictures, text

Maria reportedly told the Thai cops: ‘My lawyer said it’s ok, it’s good.’

Well apparently not because police checked her passport and work permit, which showed she worked as a customer relations manager for a residential property management company, and not as any type of yoga instructor (tantric or otherwise).

Police Lieutenant Colonel Winit Boonchit confirmed 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.’

'Maria Sly Love' claims her lawyer told her 'it's ok, it's good' but police say her documents are for customer relations not 'sex yoga'

Koh Phangan police had previously arrested Polish YouTuber Michal Grygoruk in March for similarly holding sex yoga classes on the island. The good news is that this sort of thing usually leads to a fine and deportation, rather than jail time. Although it would absolutely suck to be deported from Thailand when you were just living the dream teaching tantric sex classes behind a restaurant.

Perhaps if Maria (and Michal before her) had sorted out the local plod, they would have turned a blind eye to her sex yoga classes and let her get on with it. That’s how these things usually work in Thailand, isn’t it? Word to the wise.

For the British lad facing the death penalty after trying to smuggle 9kg of meth out of Thailand, click HERE. Big mistake.

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