Want to know why I hate Bikram Choudhury? For starters, he's suing Yoga To The People, a studio owned by one of his former students, Gregory Gumucio, for $1 million on grounds of copyright infringement. Which doesn't make me angry because I think he's wrong—in all likelihood, Gumucio and his teachers are probably ripping off his ideas—but, as plenty of Bikram-critics have pointed out before: Yoga has existed for thousands of years, and at least in theory, the whole point of all those back bends and chair poses is to cultivate a more loving, peaceful attitude (in addition to a nice butt). So suing someone for trying to spread all that feel-good, do-good philosophy is pretty ludicrous. (Not to mention; Bikram didn't exactly 'invent' any of the moves he's teaching himself.) More »Post from: Blisstree