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by Patty Osborne

March 11, 2011

Had to yell at my radio this morning when I heard Bikram Choudhury pitching for putting yoga into the Olympics. Not sure why this appalls me but it does. Jann Arden, who was hosting (subbing for Jian Ghomeshi on CBC's "Q") did a good job of containing Choudhurys lists of all the lives he has changed through yoga (including George Harrison, Wayne Gretzky and the pope) and I agree with her, it's difficult to picture the pope doing yoga. Choudhury reminisced about a time when yoga was so little known in the west that even the president of the United States (Nixon was apparently one of Choudhury "patients") thought that yoga and yogurt were the same thing, but I don't think that's such a good indicator.

Arden is a great host. The entire episode is worth listening to and when she and Elvira Kurt get to riffing on Jason Beiber's new haircut and Charlie Sheen's trip to Haiti to "make a difference down there" you can't help but laugh out loud.

Now let's all put our hands together in the prayer position, close our eyes and say "OMMMMMMMMMMM" as we send out some "don't do it" vibrations to the IOC. Here's hoping that they don't know the difference between yoga and yogurt either.

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by Patty Osborne

March 11, 2011

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  • Changed the lives of George

    Changed the lives of George Harrison, Wayne Gretzky, and the pope? If it was John Paul II (and if it was Benedict, did he change him into "God's rottweiler"?), two out of three are now dead, and Gretzky is the owner of the Phoenix Coyotes. Seems to me that's not a very good box score.

    Posted by Vancouver Doug March 29, 2011 17:43:13

  • Just a point of accuracy:

    Just a point of accuracy: unless there is a new moppet-haired teen heartthrob out there, I believe it's Justin Beiber, not Jason.

    Posted by sophie b jones March 29, 2011 16:46:48

  • Janet, I was going to put

    Janet, I was going to put innocence, selflessness, and kindness into my blog but I didn't want to get mobbed by all those competitive yogis out there.

    Posted by pattyo March 16, 2011 20:57:31

  • I can't resist responding to

    I can't resist responding to this. How far yoga has moved form its roots of human spirituality. If the IOC could judge the most spiritual yogi by a competition, the world could indeed be near its end, as competition and spirituality seem to me to be quite the opposite, or am I lost in a distant past of innocence, selflessness, and kindness?

    Posted by Janet March 15, 2011 21:56:25

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