Kat Kelley-Chung trains Deepak Bhardwaj for competiton
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February 13th, 2010Bishnu Ghosh Cup 2009
February 20th, 2009There are five compulsory postures: standing head-to-knee, standing bow, floor bow, rabbit, and stretching, followed by two advanced postures of the contestant’s choosing.
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Bikram Yoga Championship live on the Web
February 4th, 2009The International Yoga Asana Championships will be be streamed live on the web. The USA Yoga Federation, founded by Bikram’s wife, Rajashree Choudhury, is running the event.
Login and register at www.yogacup.com to see the event. US Finals are Saturday, February 7 from 10am to 6pm PST, and International Finals are Sunday, February 8 from 10am to 6pm PST.
Competitive Yoga? The Controversy Continues
January 23rd, 2009The BBC produced this video of yogis doing postures from the beginner series to some more advanced asanas. Reporter Andy Dangerfield explores the controversial division in the yoga community between the intensity of Bikram practitioners and traditional yogis against the backdrop of the British championship this weekend.
“I don’t think it should be competitive,” says Tara Fraser, from London’s Yoga Junction. “Competing is not embedded in yoga’s philosophical framework and makes no sense if you want to achieve self-realisation.”
But in India, the birthplace of yoga, it has had a competitive dimension for more than 2,000 years.
“Yoga competition is an old Indian tradition,” says Mr Choudhury. “It’s a tremendous discipline – a hundred times harder than any other competition.
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The final competition, the International Asana Championship, will be held February 6-8 in Los Angeles.