Inside the Vicious World of Competitive Yoga

Posted by Miss Cellania in Sports on October 28, 2009 at 12:32 pm

The 7th Annual Asana Yoga Competition was recently held in New York. New York Magazine has a glimpse at the extreme poses competitors used to impress the judges. Link -via Buzzfeed

 
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Drunk People in Yoga Positions

Posted by John Farrier in Food & Drinks, Sports on July 18, 2009 at 2:44 pm

Fun Tuna has a photogallery of people who have passed out while in yoga positions. Presumably by accident.

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India Patenting Yoga Moves to Battle "Patent Pirates"

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law, Sports on February 23, 2009 at 6:42 pm

If you’re one of the millions of people practicing yoga for mental and physical health, you may soon run into legal trouble: a lot of the traditional poses are being patented and trademarked by Western yoga teachers.

So, India is fighting back: it has set up a team of yoga gurus and scientists to identify and patent all ancient yoga positions or asanas to stop "patent pirates."

… as the number of Western yoga teachers has grown, there has been a steady increase in patent applications claiming each pose in their class is not part of the ancient discipline of mind and body, but their own unique invention. In the United States alone, there have been more than 130 yoga-related patents, 150 copyrights and 2,300 trademarks. Now India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library is being made available to patents offices throughout the world so they can establish whether the claim is a genuine innovation or "prior art" from Indian systems of medicine.

[...] The attempt by US teachers to patent traditional poses has caused disbelief and anger in India, where it has been practiced for around 6,000 years.

"Copyrights over yoga postures and trademarks on yoga tools have become rampant in the West. Till now, we have traced 130 yoga-related patents in the US. We hope to finish putting on record at least 1500 yoga postures by the end of 2009," said Dr V.P Gupta, of the CSIR, who created the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library.

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The Zen of Zombie Trailer: Zombie Yoga

Posted by Alex in Advertising, Book & Lit, Video Clips on November 3, 2007 at 2:35 pm


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Jason Wishnow is a Zombie Yoga Master. Inspired by Scott Kenemore’s book The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead, he sent out invitations saying "Bring a Yoga Mat, Dress like a Zombie …" The result? The world’s largest yoga session, created as a trailer for the book! Link – Thanks John!

Boing Boing TV, the newest venture of our pals at the famous Boing Boing Blog, has the exclusive behind the scenes documentary (by the way, if you haven’t been watching their videos, you’re definitely missing out!). Here it is:


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