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The theft of yoga | Spiritual Bangalore
Explore Article Spiritual Bangalore (Apr 27 2010)
The Hindu American Foundation (Disclosure: I sit on the Foundation's Board) released a position paper on this issue earlier this year. The brief condemns yoga's appropriation, but also argues that yoga today is wholly misunderstood. ...Comment on Article Mentions: Hindu American Foundation Aveda American Yoga Association
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The rise and rise of yoga
Explore Article Manikandan.A (May 25 2010)
In a column online for Newsweek, a co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, Aseem Shukla, wrote, "They are appropriating the collective wisdom of millennia of yogis without a whisper of acknowledgment of yoga's spiritual roots. ...Comment on Article Mentions: Iraq Britain Oprah Winfrey
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Muslims can very well do yoga, says Darul Uloom
Explore Article New Kerala Dot Com, India (Jan 27 2009)
Going against Indonesia's ban on Muslims practicing yoga, India's best known Islamic seminary says there is nothing wrong with any exercise done for health reasons.Comment on Article Mentions: Pakistan Ulema Council Swami Ramdev
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Did America Steal Yoga from the Hindus?
Explore Article Daily Cup of Yoga (Apr 22 2010)
Aseem Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, writes, in essence, that the early Indian transmitters of yoga to the West sold out. They all just sort of said, “To heck with Hinduism, let's see the money!” ...
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Yoga forbidden for Muslims in Malaysia
Explore Article malaysianindian1.blogspot.com (Nov 22 2008)
November 25th is a day no ethnic Indian in Malaysia would ever choose to forget for it reminds them of the struggle of these marginalized community against the state which came hard to suppress the legitimate voice of democracy. No Indian would forget the fact that a peaceful gathering correctly exercised under Article 10 of the Malaysian Federal Constitution and Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 ...Comment on Article Mentions: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia P. Waythamoorthy
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Yoga: stolen from the Hindus
Explore Article Post-Gazette NOW (Apr 25 2010)
The Hindu American Foundation which I helped found released a position paper on this issue earlier this year. It condemns yoga's appropriation but also argues that yoga today is wholly misunderstood. Yoga is identified only with Hatha Yoga, the ...Comment on Article Mentions: Hindu American Foundation American Yoga Association Aveda
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In One Section of Beth Israel Hospital, Some Patients Are Saying ‘Om,’ Not ‘Ah’
Explore Article The New York Times (Oct 31 2008)
A foundation run by Donna Karan has donated $850,000 for a yearlong experiment combining Eastern and Western healing methods at Beth Israel Medical Center.
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Malaysia clerics issue yoga fatwa
Explore Article BBC NEWS (Nov 24 2008)
Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims. The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots. To most people yoga is simply a sport - a stress-busting start to the day.
Comment on Article Mentions: Abdul Shukor Husin Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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Long time Muslim yoga instructor expresses shock
Explore Article malaysianindian1.blogspot.com (Oct 30 2008)
Long time Muslim yoga instructor expresses shock over UKM lecturer's statement GEORGE TOWN, PENANG: A long-time yoga instructor has expressed shock and dismay over statement by a Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) lecturer who said that practising yoga could cause Muslims to deviate from the teachings of Islam. Datin Suleiha Merican, 56, who has been practising yoga for 40 years, said the meditation technique is a science of health and had ...Comment on Article Mentions: Penang United Kingdom
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The theft of yoga « Indian Realist
Explore Article Indian Realist (Apr 21 2010)
The Hindu American Foundation (Disclosure: I sit on the Foundation's Board) released a position paper on this issue earlier this year. The brief condemns yoga's appropriation, but also argues that yoga today is wholly misunderstood. ...Comment on Article Mentions: Hindu American Foundation American Yoga Association Aseem Shukla
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India Documents 900 Yoga Poses to Block Patents
Explore Article Eurasia Review (Jun 13 2010)
Yoga is regarded as a Hindu exercise that involves both philosophy and fitness. India says yoga has been practiced in the country for over 6000 years, ...Comment on Article Mentions: New Delhi V.K. Gupta
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Yoga Retreats With Chores Attract the Weary and Unemployed
Explore Article The New York Times (Jul 16 2009)
Yoga retreats with chores attract the weary and unemployed.Comment on Article Mentions: Congress
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Is yoga a religious discipline?
Explore Article My Yoga Empire (Oct 5 2008)
Comment "Do Yoga Without Losing Your Dignity The following comments can be found at http://vasugokaraju.blogspot.com/2009/12/do-yoga-without-losing-your-dignity.html Comments: If you have the root ..." - Vasu Gokaraju
Posted by: in Yoga Exercises, tags: Advocacy Group, American Foundation, Excerpt, Hindu, Hinduism, News Stories, Random, Religious Discipline, United States, Yoga Random Feed wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Of the many mailing lists I’m on, the Hindu American Foundation’s is one of the more interesting. An advocacy group, they send out regular emails with news stories relating to Hinduism. One of the regular topics is ...1 Comment Mentions: Hindu American Foundation
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blisspassport.com » Blog Archive » The yoga debate
Explore Article blisspassport.com (Apr 20 2010)
In a column on The Washington Post's website, the Hindu American Foundation's Co-founder Aseem Shukla explains that as yoga has grown, Hinduism has not. Despite, yoga having it's roots in Hinduism, he said. ...Comment on Article Mentions: Hindu American Foundation Aseem Shukla
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Malaysia's Anti-Yoga Fatwa Raises Controversy
Explore Article Religion Clause (Nov 27 2008)
A controversial ruling issued last week by Malaysia's National Fatwa Council is now creating a jurisdictional controversy in the country. Yesterday's Red Orbit and today's Malaysian Insider report on developments. The focus is a ruling telling Muslims to stop practicing yoga, out of fear that it could lead them to deviate from Islamic teachings. (See prior posting.) However, Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi stepped in and told his ...Comment on Article Mentions: Malaysia National Fatwa Council








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