Yoga’s back in court again! In 2003, Bikram Choudhury obtained a copyright for the sequence of poses he developed for his namesake practice, Bikram Yoga. Since then, he hasn’t hesitated to sue those who violate that copyright. Now, in a new turn of events, his copyright is being deemed illegal. Read More »»
Posts Tagged ‘Anusara’
Should Yoga Traditions be Copyrighted?
Posted on December 19th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.Does Your Yoga Tradition Matter?
Posted on September 1st, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
In modern culture, choosing a style of yoga is akin to strolling through the ice cream section at the local co-op natural foods grocer. The choices are many and everything looks good. But why are there so many styles of asana these days? And does it truly matter which one you do? Read More »»
Who Owns Yoga?
Posted on December 10th, 2010 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in The New York Times about a new campaign called Take Back Yoga introduced by the Hindu American Foundation. You can read the article yourself, but the gist is that this group is trying to get Americans to acknowledge that yoga was initially a Hindu practice. Dr. Aseem Shukla, the foundation’s co-founder, is quoted in the article as saying: “In a way, our issue is that yoga has thrived, but Hinduism has lost control of the brand.”
The brand? Is yoga a brand? I don’t know. Read More »»
