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The same man, William J Broad wrote a book called The Science of Yoga:
The Risks and the Rewards. I heard him interviewed on NPR and for me
the most interesting thing in his book is that there are certain asanas which
carry a much higher risk of serious injury than others and that there are
ways of modifying the more dangerous ones to derive their benefits safely.
Hari Aum
With our ears may we hear what is good.
With our eyes may we behold thy righteousness.
Tranquil in body, may we who worship thee find rest.
AUM Peace Peace Peace
Interesting. I have the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Satchidananda. I did not know he did this. The article does seem to reflect positively on the asanas. Maybe I should start doing them to get my blood flowing.
The Vedas declared that the son rescueth the father from a hell called Put. ~ Celestials [Sec. 231 of Adi Parva - Mahabharata]
William J Broad has caused a lot of controversy in the yoga industry. He is a proponent of medicalising yoga practice. This development could potentially destroy the business of the yoga entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs have benefitted immensily from Indian knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga chikitsa, all the research that has been done in India (and elsewhere) to further investigate these benefits scientifically and the effort that has been put fort by yoga revivalists like Swami Kuvalayananda, Krishnamacharya, Shivananda etc. The idea that the west would do the same and scientifically investigate yoga and even make it an integral part of its health care system makes a lot of yoga capitalists very nervous. They would rather keep yoga therapy in the obsurity of alternative medicine and thus unaffordable for many people who could benefit from it.
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