Jason and Jennifer were a “happy family.” But, everything changed after Jennifer started following Liana Shanti, a mysterious online guru who has built a following of women around the world. It started with diet changes and then became more sinister.
ason and Jennifer Veras had been together since high school. “We were a loving family. We were a happy family. We barely had any issues throughout our 23 years in a relationship,” Jason said. “Until she brought Liana Shanti into our family.”
At Jason's birthday dinner in May 2021, his mother shared that she'd been vaccinated. His wife was furious. Jason, 41, said Jennifer, 41, accused him of knowingly exposing their children to vaccine “shedding.” When Jason tried to ask them questions, the call ended abruptly. He couldn’t reach them again for weeks.
“These women were taking their children from their fathers and leaving—across state lines, border lines, from Canada, from Mexico, from other countries—and all going to Florida,” Jason said. “Liana Shanti’s cult has convinced my wife to kidnap my kids and keep them away from me.”On Instagram, where Liana Shanti has 22,400 followers, her avatar and selfies present her as an ageless, airbrushed nymph-like model.
Leaked conversations from Liana’s private Facebook and Signal groups show Lemurian Sisters often ask about past trauma, or if their children have been abused, and Liana almost always provides definitive clarity and affirmation about the alleged abuse.Liana: “I see two incidents, an older male .
Jason saw a Facebook conversation in which Jennifer asked Liana when she should tell Jason about their separation. “Full moon day is perfect,” Liana advised. Jason’s sister Beverly also joined Liana’s online community, so that she could understand what was happening with her sister-in-law. Within months, Beverly told The Daily Beast, she became a true believer. Beverly said she listened to the courses and sought advice from Liana, who told Beverly if she wanted to heal her inner child she needed to liberate herself from her husband and parents.
Many of these concerned ex-spouses and parents describe a similar pattern: A woman starts following Liana, their diet changes drastically, they begin giving themselves coffee enemas, and they go through a physical transformation. They become increasingly conspiratorial and isolated; they begin uncovering new memories of past abuse; they cut off their parents and separate from their husbands; they try to gain sole custody of their children and leave town.
Within months, the young woman became morbidly malnourished and depressed, according to her mother, who flew from India to the U.K. and took her daughter to a hospital for medical tests that showed she had lost 30 pounds and was deficient in iron and B12. She told doctors she was having thoughts of self-harm, said her mother, who staged an intervention with the help of cult expert and counselor Joseph Szhimhart and a nutritionist.
But that all changed when he learned Liana’s true identity. Another detractor discovered her real name and found a photo of her from a“After I figured out who this beast was, all of that [fear] was over,” Jason said. “I knew this whole thing was fake.” Liana has never posted videos of herself, though she used to post videos from her world travels—including Paris, London, Bali. But she recently had to stop globetrotting. In November 2019, she was arrested for a felony—concealing assets in a bankruptcy filing. She spent a night in jail and later pleaded guilty. As a part of her five-year probation, she was ordered to hand over her passport, and can only leave Hawaii with permission from the federal court.
Responding to this interest in deeper healing, Liana started releasing spiritual courses in 2015. One of the first was “Mother Wounds Healing,” followed by “Father Wounds Healing,” and “Healing From the Pain of Narcissistic Relationships.” The classes cost $495 each and consist of several hours of downloadable audio lessons.
She went searching for answers online and found Liana’s health programs. She connected with the other followers and found the validation and support she wasn’t getting from health-care professionals. These new online friends encouraged Amber to dive deeper into Liana’s teachings. After the divorce, Amber tried to get proof that her ex was harming their kids. “I would start asking the kids questions like, ‘Did Daddy yell at you?’—stuff that [Liana] would put in my head,” Amber said.
She checked herself into a psychiatric hospital and believes that months of psychiatric care saved her, in large part, because it cut her off from the internet. From Liana.By the time the pandemic lockdowns began, Liana had a core group of about 40 Lumerian Sisters; during a time of panic and chaos, her message was comforting. One former Lumerian Sister who joined in 2019 said Liana gave a message of hope: “‘This [pandemic] is not going to kill everyone in the world.
Liana teaches that the best way to save your children is to cut the cords with all the dark influences in your family. “And conveniently, she has a $600 program that will help you cut the cord,” Julie said.“Using children in order to influence mothers into taking their children away from their fathers is unconscionable,” Julie said.
“There was a sense of urgency and a fanaticism—that my children, their souls are at risk. So I have to find a way to get them out of here,” Dawn said. “The Liana today is not the Liana I knew when I joined,” said Julie. “Liana back then was warm, she was compassionate. She was kind. She was firm, but she was also gentle. Liana now is like your abusive mother. She will give you love when you do a great job, but she will beat your ass when you do something that she doesn’t believe is in line with what she tells you to do.”
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