India Documents 900 Yoga Poses to Block Patents
Voice of America
“Photo: AP India has catalogued hundreds of yoga poses in an effort to block entrepreneurs and companies in other countries from getting yoga-related patents …” Read More
Bryan’s Comments:
This article gives some numbers.
They have videographed 900 [...]
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 [...]
Yoga expert: ‘It seems idiotic they can patent it’
The Guardian June 8, 2010
“The 64000 postures form only a tiny part of yoga. Poses are not an end in themselves, but a preparation for deeper, more meaningful practices. …” Read the Full Article
Bryan’s Comments:
Agreed. It does seem silly to [...]
Yoga heritage: don’t even think about stealing it, says Indian government
The Guardian June 8, 2010
“If your preferred yoga style is among the former you could find yourself on the wrong side of an effort to define what constitutes the millennia-old …” Read the [...]
This is an interesting film discussing the transition yoga has taking into the marketplace of the west.
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