Trying to answer the question, “Who owns yoga?” this Al Jazeera documentary is a pretty fascinating look at current trends in the yoga community, highlighting the variety and creativity of the modern yoga practice (which sort of drives me crazy sometimes, but to each their own…) as well as the tension between the ancient spiritual practice and the ancient never-ending desire to make a buck.
The documentary’s apparently been out for a few months, so perhaps you’ve already seen it, but I just came across it last night on Yoga International’s website and thought I’d share in case it hadn’t hit your radar. If you’re interested in yoga, it’s pretty entertaining from start to finish and includes a great cast of characters from the modern yoga community.
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I firmly believe, no body owns Yoga. This is a gift from ancient Indian mystics to the whole world and it is for any body and every body who seeks to lead a peaceful and healthy life through Yoga postures. I think we can easily compare Yoga with immensely popular martial techniques from East Asia, especially China and Japan. No body claims to patent and own these wonderful self defense techniques though there are different schools of these martial arts and If I am not wrong, every school has its own signature style. Likewise quite a few schools of Yoga have sprung up. There is nothing wrong with making money through it. Knowledge and expertise has a value and to get that value, you must pay for it.
There’s definitely a lot of hacks and fake people out there in the yoga community … it’s time we had a discussion about it…
How can someone own a philosophy or a lifestyle.. Yoga is very diverse and there are as many styles and interpretations as there are people on this world.
This was a very informative movie! I think India has the greatest right to own Yoga, but it doesn’t belong to any person practicing it.
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