Talk:Bikram Yoga
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[edit] "makes muscles more pliant and encourages sweating which acts as a purifier."
This should be removed or explained. At first glance it's nonsense.
Why is this nonsense? 35–40 °C temperatures do make muscles relax and do encourage sweating, and sweating is excretory, so I think it qualifies as purifying, in some sense.
-to whoever wrote "this should be removed or explained" you are taking this way too seriously
I agree with the critique. i'm not even sure what is being purified -- the blood? the muscle? or are we talking about "purity of essence"? Aside from having more salt, is the water in sweat less pure than regular water? I also don't understand the "you are taking this way too seriously" comment -- isn't the point of wikipedia to have accurate descriptions of things?
Indeed. I practice Bikram myself, but the above statement caught my attention. I have added citation requests, if they cannot be provided in one week, the offending statement will go. To whomever wrote "You are taking this way too seriously", you don't understand the Wikipedia.--Cylon 14:59, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Take Wikipedia too seriously?!? Not possible. I agree with the critique. --DJSbass 03:38, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Why not change it to something like "which performs a similar function as the traditional sauna" and then link to the sauna article? Seragenn 02:11, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree that "makes muscles more pliant and encourages sweating which acts as a purifier" is probably unsupportable nonsense, but it would be great if this article discussed the actual positive or negative affects of exercising in an uncomfortably hot environment.
[edit] links at bottom of page
the links to Standing Bow pose and Head-to-Knee pose are worded in a way that makes it sound like they are exclusive to bikram, that they were developed for bikram yoga and not found in other types of yoga.
i don't believe that's true. both poses are used in styles of yoga other than bikram. one shouldn't get the impression that they were invented for bikram.
209.82.111.194 19:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)jpx
[edit] Copyright registration as acknowledgement of copyright protection
I deleted the following sentence:
"Through registration of this work, the United States Copyright Office acknowledges Bikram's exclusive right to the distinct series of postures and breathing exercises comprising the sequence."
This is a statement of Bikram's controversial legal position. Whether the copyright is valid and what it covers is unresolved and at the heart of the legal dispute with USYO and the general discussion within the yoga community. Registration by the Copyright Office is not an "acknowlegment" of any rights. Unlike the investigation the Patent Office conducts, the CO does not generally investigate registrations and Bikram's registration has little, if any, legal or other significance in this debate. --DJSbass 19:53, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] stub?
I think a recategorize is worth undertaking. This doesn't look like a stub to me? Still I believe this applies:
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I think more could be added in the opening section on how Bikram Yoga actually works, but I second the stub removal. --DJSbass 05:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
This article appears to focus more on the intellectual property disputes surrounding Bikram's copyright claims and almost not at all upon the actual Bikram yoga practice. Therefore I suggest the article either be retitled something like 'Bikram Yoga Controversy' or taken down. MatthewStevenCarlos 21:30 GMT 25 September 2006
This article needs information about Bikram Yoga itself rather than Bikram's legal struggles. Sinakor 22:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Please note that this article has been vandalized and needs correcting.--Cminard (talk) 02:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
