Really worth a listen! A controversial conversation between some really great minds. Topics range from intellectual property to competitive yoga to gentrification and celebrity yogis…
Talk of the Nation, December 26, 2006 · Guests explore yoga’s path from the margins to the mainstream, and its transformation along the way from spiritual meditation to a mass-marketed [...]
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The Booming Business of Yoga
Posted in Yoga News, tagged Business of Yoga, Hanna Rosin, Miriam Nelson, NPR, Robert Love, Talk of the Nation, Yoga Commercialization on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“All things considered”…Yoga should not be an Olympic Sport
Posted in Yoga News, tagged April Baer, National Public Radio, NPR, Olympics, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Yoga on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cut-throat, competitive yoga? No, it can’t be. April Baer covers a story on an Oregon-based competitive league of yoga. To compete, each practitioner enters a silent hall and performs 7 Asanas. While, competitions have been around for some time in India, in India and the US alike, many are strongly opposed to the idea.
Organizers with [...]