
While most of these are harmless, I am not sure they really qualify as ‘yoga’, at least, not the kind of yoga the Church need worry about. Nevertheless, the Indian government has finally sought to protect our 5,000 year old brand by cataloguing 1,500 poses for its traditional knowledge digital library. But this is as absurd as trying to copyright the Bhagwad Gita or the Bible! Yoga is India’s gift to humanity, one we have never successfully packaged or sold. Yet, we do need to ensure that our gift remains genuine.