Competitive Yoga and the Hypocrite Pose

by Chris Abraham on 12/12/2006 ·

By definition, yoga is a “Hindu system of contemplation for effecting union of the human soul with the Supreme Being.” No wonder “Bikram Choudhury, has drawn criticism for what many view as his distinctly non-yogic behavior.” What next, competitive self-mortification? Read about “yoga as competitive sport” in An odd, twisted competition by our own David Gelles.

Share on Tumblr

Facebook comments:

{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }

1 YogaDawg 12/12/2006 at 15:11

You might find that Yoga is more then it appears to be.

http://www.yogadawg.com

Reply

Leave a Comment

You can use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

By submitting a comment here you grant this site a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution.

Previous post:

Next post: