Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Sat Nam Everyone.. I just finished reading the Business 2.0 article on Hatha Yoga. Since Hatha's is the most well known, they must have decided to zero in on that. After Christa's post I thought it was an slam job on yoga in general. The article sounds well reasearched, assuming its accurate. Paul Keegan, the author, very cleverly built the article around yama of the 8 limbs form Yoga Sutras. Within yama he selects either the new owner of Yoga Journal or Rodney Yee or Jivamukti studio owners David Life and Sharon Gannon, or Bikram. Then he proceeds to show how for instance under yama #3, Asteya (stealing), Jivamukti's certified teachers left them and proceed to teach the same yoga down the street, basically stealing the yoga and potential students. Keegan seems to enjoy reporting that the students say they left because the typical yoga studio pays $20-25 per class for 10 students plus $2.50 for any additional. His goal here I think was to show how yoga has been integrated into a capitalist society over the last 30-40 years. And most teachers already know its a fine line to walk, 'marketing', or 'selling' yoga. Of course the 'superstars' Keegan showcases are exceptions. Yes, Choduroy (?) sounds really bad when asked 'what are some other good Hatha yogas to try -- Iyengar, ashtanga,..'he says "Nobody does Hatha yoga in America but me". He says Bikram brags about his mansion in Beverly Hills (his class is in the same neighborhood), and his servants and 30 classic cars. He goes on to reveal that Yee has been sued by ex-students, and allegedly has had sexual relations with students. He also mentions briefly that Amrit Desai resigned over sex with students, and late Swami Rama lost a suit over sexual assault ($1.9 mill) What is all of this saying? That maya and temptation will always be with us, no matter who you are. What Keegan didn't bother to write about are the thousand of people who have cut their stress level to near zero-and probably increased the life span, students that have made major progress in KY and other yoga in fighting depression. This article had to be written sooner or later, there's just so many that have been doing so well financially with yoga, under the radar. We should mass email the guy and see if he's interested in writing any articles about teachers that, don't make that much, but continue to live and breath yoga and help people day in and day out. Does anyone come to mind??? :-) Blessings Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Good griefs. What a joke. The dead branches will fall from the trees and the tree will continue to grow.Now that yoga is getting established the layers will be discovered and the good, bad, and the ugly shall be.The structure of the yogic consciousness from Karam pad, the beginning of the search to shatki pad, the ego and the spiritual test will become evident in our yogic community from high school yogis to college yogis...Big deal some yogi is finally making some money.What a concept.If it is done righteously more power to you.We help people everyday in this profession and God gives you rewards. This guy's article should be addressed. We should at least have the responsibility to hang our own people!...yogis and not those... who have no real knowledge of our systems! ( joke) We will find the weak, the lost and the disillusioned brothers and sisters of our yogic community and help them get back on the path to enlightenment. It's is our duty and our honor as students and teachers. Give us this author address so we can send him some mail! Yogis United. Power to the people! God bless sir khalsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Sat Nam Brad, feel free to include me on the list. I also teach KY to a small class and spend right now much more money on my passion, than I am earning with KY. Actually teaching is just another way of learning for me. As Yogi Bhajan said: If you want to learn and master a subject, teach it. Interesting enough just yesterday I got informed, that a Bikram - Yoga class will be held in the future in the same room I am used to use. The rates are more than three times higher then mine and the lady makes very aggressive marketing. OK, the difference is, she has to make a living out of it, for me it's just a 'hobby' in the evenings. Will see, how the community reacts over here. I strongly believe, that the truth will preveil and that the students will go to the teacher which is meant for them. Some people simply like to make asana's and call it yoga without being bothered with all the remaining stuff around breath, prana, chakra, mind, inner journey, consciousness, etc. Perhaps this is true for the majority in our 'civilized' world and this would explain the 'success' of various branches of the yoga-tree. Blessing to all truth-seekers, Juergen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 Hi Brad Do you have the guy's email address - if you can get it then please share it and lets see how many emails we can generate from this list alone! Sat Nam! Gordon - "ajana6chakra" <sixthchakra > We should mass email the guy and see if he's interested in writing > any articles about teachers that, don't make that much, but continue > to live and breath yoga and help people day in and day out. Does > anyone come to mind??? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 I haven't had time to check this out. This link was under business2.com\authors see if it works: http://www.business2.com/authors/1,2110,909,00.html#contact maybe we can get some FREE publicity for the site and you and GRK! :-):-):-) gordon wrote: > Hi Brad > > Do you have the guy's email address - if you can get it then please share it > and lets see how many emails we can generate from this list alone! > > Sat Nam! > Gordon > > - > "ajana6chakra" <sixthchakra > > > We should mass email the guy and see if he's interested in writing > > any articles about teachers that, don't make that much, but continue > > to live and breath yoga and help people day in and day out. Does > > anyone come to mind??? :-) > > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the Groups Member Center (My Groups), or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga > NO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST PLEASE! > WEB SITE: kundalini yoga > > KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from > kundalini yogaclasses.html > > Sponsored by YOGA TECHNOLOGY - Practical Books & Videos on Kundalini Yoga & Meditation. Also Meditation & Mantra CDs. > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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