Yoga piracy

Yoga piracy is the practice of claiming copyrights on yoga postures (asanas) and techniques (such as sequences of postures) found in ancient treatises indigenous to India . The ongoing debate centers on those who profit by creating legally proprietary systems of yoga in countries other than India using information generally felt by Indians to be within the public domain, if not proprietary traditional knowledge. Cases of Yoga Piracy often center on fitness instructors of non-Indian origin who claim copyrights on asanas (yoga poses), pranayama techniques and sequences, and ayurvedic medicine[1] in their home countries, the most notable example being the case of copyright claims on Bikram Yoga in the United States . This has become a lucrative international industry, with some estimates for the yoga fitness industry in the United States as high as $3 billion annually.[2] In response, the Government of India has initiated the documentation of 1,500 yoga asana or postures [1] \- from the ancient Yoga Sutras of Patanjali to present times - and is storing them in the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library to be made available to patent offices worldwide. As of 2005[update], one-third of the estimated 30 million database pages have been compiled by the Indian Commerce Ministry.[2] Fifteen of the most prominent yoga schools in India are involved, including the Iyengar Yoga Institute at Pune and Kuvalayananda's Kaivalyadhama, run by Nitin Unkule.[1]

## See also

* Acroyoga#Controversy
* Intellectual property
* Patent pirate
* Patent trolls

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pune’s gurus get into the act to curb West’s yoga piracy
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Westerners think twice before patenting yoga poses! - Sify.com

## External links

* Yogis go to court over poses: Copyright dispute turns yoga into a legal exercise

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Yoga as exercise

Topics|

| Postures (Asanas)|

* List of asanas
* Standing asanas
* Downward dog
* Lotus position
* Meditation seats
* Salute to the Sun
* Accompaniments
* Drishti
* Pranayama
* Vinyāsa
* Hasta Vinyasas

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Teacher training|

* Standards
* Yoga Alliance
* British Wheel of Yoga

Therapy|

* 1982 Chair Yoga
* 2002 Trauma-sensitive yoga
* 2008 Yoga nidra
* International Association of Yoga Therapists • Richard Miller
* Janice Gates

Events|

* Competitive yoga
* International Day of Yoga

Journals|

* Asana Journal
* Yoga Journal

Merchandise|

* Yoga brick
* Yoga mat
* Yoga pants
* Lululemon

History|

| Early|

* Early modern yoga
* Vivekananda
* 1896 Raja Yoga
* Harmonial gymnastics/yoga
* Marguerite Agniel
* Mary Bagot Stack
* Genevieve Stebbins
* Physical culture/yoga
* B. C. Ghosh
* K. V. Iyer
* Seetharaman Sundaram
* Paramahansa Yogananda
* Autobiography of a Yogi

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Aspects|

* Hot yoga
* Science of yoga
* Sexual abuse by yoga gurus
* Yoga for children
* Yoga for women
* Geeta Iyengar
* Yoga tourism

Hybrids|

* 1938 Naked yoga
* 1990 Mindful Yoga
* Jon Kabat-Zinn
* Frank Jude Boccio
* Janice Gates
* Anne Cushman
* Phillip Moffitt
* 2003 AcroYoga
* Doga
* 2013 Paddle board yoga
* 2014 Aerial yoga
* Beer yoga

By country|

* America
* Yoga for Health
* Lilias, Yoga and You
* Britain
* Germany
* India
* Italy
* Russia
* Sweden

Books|

* 1996 Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace
* 2004 Yoga in Modern India
* 2004 A History of Modern Yoga
* 2005 Positioning Yoga
* 2010 Yoga Body
* The Subtle Body
* 2015 Selling Yoga
* 2016 The Path of Modern Yoga
* 2017 Roots of Yoga

Films|

* 2006 Guru
* 2009 Enlighten Up!
* 2012 Breath of the Gods

Schools|

* 1918 The Yoga Institute
* Shri Yogendra
* Hansa Yogendra
* 1924 Kaivalyadhama
* Swami Kuvalayananda
* 1934 Viniyoga
* Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
* Yoga Makaranda
* T. K. V. Desikachar
* A. G. Mohan
* Indra Devi
* Srivatsa Ramaswami
* Vanda Scaravelli
* c. 1948 Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
* K. Pattabhi Jois
* Mysore style
* Tim Miller
* Kino MacGregor
* Larry Schultz
* 1959 Sivananda Yoga
* Sivananda Saraswati
* Vishnudevananda Saraswati
* Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga
* 1963 Bihar School of Yoga
* Satyananda Saraswati
* 1965 Ananda Yoga
* Kriyananda
* 1966 Integral Yoga
* Satchidananda Saraswati
* 1966 Kripalu Yoga
* Amrit Desai
* Stephen Cope
* 1971 Himalayan Institute
* Swami Rama
* 1973 Bikram Yoga
* Bikram Choudhury
* 1975 Iyengar Yoga
* B. K. S. Iyengar
* Light on Yoga
* Yoga the Iyengar Way
* 1975 Dharma Mittra
* c. 1975 Yin Yoga
* Paulie Zink
* Paul Grilley
* Sarah Powers
* 1982 Forrest Yoga
* 1984 Jivamukti Yoga
* Sharon Gannon
* 1995 Power Yoga
* Beryl Bender Birch
* Bryan Kest
* 1997 Anusara Yoga
* John Friend
* 2006 Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga (Sadie Nardini)
* c. 2007 Restorative Yoga
* Judith Hanson Lasater

Related|

* Yoga
* Hatha yoga
* Modern yoga
* Asanas (template)
* List of Indian asana yoga gurus
* List of yoga schools
* Yoga scholars (template)
* Yoga teachers (category)
* Yoginis (template)

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