BBC Radio: Can you patent yoga postures?
Can you patent yoga postures?
BBC News June 9, 2010
“The Indian government is planning to patent nearly a thousand yoga postures. Yoga teacher Swami Pragyamurti and Dr Vinod Kumar Gupta, of the Traditional …” Listen online.
Bryan’s Comments:
There seems something hypocritical about the Indian government patenting yoga poses simple to keep others from doing the same.
The real question is though, is will it work? Will it keep others from patenting or copyrighting sequences like Bikram has already done with his Bikram Series?
This sound clip also brings up the question of the morality of profiting from yoga at all. When does the desire and attachment to money get in the way of teaching yoga authentically?
About Bryan Russell
Bryan Russell has been teaching yoga classes in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire since 2005 and is also a facilitator for the Yoga Teacher Training Course in Keene and around the world offered through SchoolYoga Institute. Bryan is an active member in the local yoga community and has been involved with projects like YogaDay Keene, KeeneOnYoga.com, and is now starting a community yoga center called Keene Community Yoga. Bryan's classes vary in style and ability and he enjoys having fun and being creative while still maintaining a disciplined approach to the yoga practice.
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