Prana Journal
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
  The televised art of name-dropping
'Hot' Yoga Burns Bright: What a puff piece this 60 Minute news feature about Bikram Choudhury was. It appeared on the Wednesday version of the show, which apparently has lower standards than the Sunday one. You can see the video on this webpage, as well as the full text of the narrative. It even gets the facts of the legal settlement wrong.

The other amusing thing in the video was to see the variety of ways that Birkam comes his hair. And what this about him being a national yoga champion in India? I didn't know that yoga was a competitive sport.

For a more knowledgable and perceptive read of this guru, check out Yoga's Bad Boy: Bikram Choudhury, an article that appeared in March/April 2000.

 
Comments:
Some attitude this guy has! Never heard about his before the newspapers in India talked about the lawsuit.

/Raj
 
Raj, you're seeing only a small slice of the Birkam ability to self-promote and demean other yoga approaches. And the US media loves it. He gives them a great story line and they don't even have to try to understand yoga at all.
 
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