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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/11/earlyshow/contributors/susankoeppen/main6763760.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE “More than 16 million Americans practice yoga regularly, and they spend nearly $6 billion a year on yoga classes and products. But, as Early Show Consumer Correspondent Susan Koeppen reports, a lack of regulation in the yoga industry could be putting you at risk. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the number of yoga [...]

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India Journal: Where Are the Entrepreneurs in  Yoga and Ayurveda? Wall Street Journal (blog) “As for ayurveda, a medical science that originated 5000 years ago, the natural cosmetics industry in India is big  business; 18% of all cosmetics in India  …” Read the Article Bryan’s Comments: My experience in India tells me that Indian’s are born entrepreneurs, and that if there was [...]

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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 poses and the intent to do a total of 1500 poses. India [...]

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 simple to keep others from doing the [...]

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 allow someone to patent a [...]

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 Full Article Comments: It is interesting [...]

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