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Today in India, yoga's roots are going through another transformation as techies and middle-class Indians seek out Western style yoga studios.

Leslie Hendry: Yoga Gives Back Around the World Leslie Hendry 2011

Kayoko Mitsumatsu, a Japanese documentary filmmaker and resident of Los Angeles, started to explore yoga's roots while enjoying her regular yoga practice.

Leslie Hendry: Yoga Gives Back Around the World Leslie Hendry 2011

By emphasizing yoga's sexual rewards, and by dropping in celebrity names like Sting and Garbo okay, she also gets classy with Leopold Stokowski and Yehudi Menuhin, Dowd reinforces the trivialization that threatens to turn a profound spiritual tradition into just another form of physical fitness.

Philip Goldberg: Maureen Dowd's Take on Yoga Philip Goldberg 2011

In other words, yoga injuries happen not because of any deficiency in the yoga poses or yoga's teachings, but mainly because of the particular way some teachers teach and many students practice.

Kelly Moore: How To Avoid Getting Hurt In A Yoga Class Kelly Moore 2012

Dowd does a rapid U-turn midway through her column, relieved that Broad's book goes on to present scientific evidence of yoga's benefits.

Philip Goldberg: Maureen Dowd's Take on Yoga Philip Goldberg 2011

Dowd does a rapid U-turn midway through her column, relieved that Broad's book goes on to present scientific evidence of yoga's benefits.

Philip Goldberg: Maureen Dowd's Take on Yoga Philip Goldberg 2011

In fact, yoga's contribution to unlock and utilize the secrets of the breath is unique and monumental.

Shriram Sarvotham: Yoga: A Powerful Way to Health and Harmony Shriram Sarvotham 2011

In fact, yoga's contribution to unlock and utilize the secrets of the breath is unique and monumental.

Shriram Sarvotham: Yoga: A Powerful Way to Health and Harmony Shriram Sarvotham 2011

By emphasizing yoga's sexual rewards, and by dropping in celebrity names like Sting and Garbo okay, she also gets classy with Leopold Stokowski and Yehudi Menuhin, Dowd reinforces the trivialization that threatens to turn a profound spiritual tradition into just another form of physical fitness.

Philip Goldberg: Maureen Dowd's Take on Yoga Philip Goldberg 2011

The initial aim was simple: to bring about acknowledgement of yoga's Hindu roots by highlighting not only the delinking of yoga from its spiritual framework by the yoga industry, but also the erroneous idea that yoga is primarily a physical practice based on asana.

Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: Yoga Won't Wreck Your Body But May Make You More Hindu Esq. Suhag A. Shukla 2012