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India says: Hey Westerners, Stop Trying to Patent Yoga!

February 23, 2009

The debate over the patentability of ancient yoga asanas takes a turn today as India assembles a team of Hindu gurus and scientists to identify all ancient yoga asanas, which have been practiced in India for around 6,000 years. They are disturbed by Western yoga teachers that have filed and received patents for ancient asanas, [...]

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India, The Birthplace of Yoga

October 1, 2008

You often hear of Western yogis that travel to India in order to learn from the masters of yoga. Have you ever thought of traveling to India yourself? And, if so, where would you go? Mumbai? Darjeeling? Calcutta? And, what would you do? Practice yoga? Stay in an ashram? Search for your guru?
If you’ve [...]

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