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The Washington Post has joined in on the ‘Yoga Wars’ debate (who named it this anyway?) It’s been said the battles began when sweaty star Bikram Choudhury moved to patent his sequence of 26 poses back in ‘04. Since then we’ve been hearing more and more about India reclaiming their ancient heritage by documenting yoga, [...]
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Not too long ago we saw Indian prisoners rewarded with early release for a regular incarcerated yoga practice. But now taxpayers in The UK are getting quite infuriated over footing the bill for life-sentence serving outlaws and criminals to find their inner chi. Naturally, families of victims are even more aghast at the idea.
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And for today’s download of random yoga news:
4-year-old Yogi Ronak Vitha from India Sets National Pushup record – 1,500 in 40 minutes!
“When he was 2 years old, we used to practice yoga at home, stretching exercises, and he used to perform yoga on his own, something that was very difficult for us [...]
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Persevering in Preservation: In continued a effort to effectively preserve the booty of Indian culture, from pillaging pirates of the West, the event, er the four-day mega event called ‘Arogya Mela’ is underway in Ludhiana, India. For the second year in a row, the fair is intended to promote awareness of traditional Indian medicine systems, [...]
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While we haven’t seen the unmitigated flamboyance of a Bollywood production influence on American film, yet, India’s culture and rich traditions surely have captured many a creative mind, not the least in which amounted to 8 Oscar wins a couple weekends ago. Nina Paley is one such creat-or who was so moved by one of [...]
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India says no more of this patenting yoga rubbish. D’ya hear that Bikram?
We reported at the beginning of the year India was already headlong into an effort to “preserve” their history of yoga, and even going so far as to open a Yoga Museum in Mumbai. To further the efforts, a team of 200 scientists [...]
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We were surprised to read Saturday that Ramdev was “joining the debate over Valentine’s Day,” mostly because we honestly weren’t aware of other countries’ outcry over the observance of Valentine’s Day, which all in all seems to be a generally harmless, albeit “hallmark” holiday for lovin’ and lovers (singles may feel differently). Nevertheless India’s yoga [...]
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And now for your India news. According to Hindu traditions, cows are sacred, and according to the country’s largest nationalist group, their, ah, excrement is perfect as a household disinfectant, and the urine a cure for ailments like liver disease and even cancer. So why not do the only natural next step and bottle the [...]
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Wasn’t Swamster Ramdev just in the news about keeping his yog out of poilitics? Right, so, in his response to the attacks on Mumbai Baba Ramdev declares the tragedy worse than 9/11 and urges retaliation attacks on Pakistan. “If Government has no funds for the war against Pakistan, I will collect it,” he said. Oh good, because if we’ve learned anything about [...]
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