BoingBoing reports that a database containing all yoga postures – asanas . This is to prevent people around the world from claiming that they invented the poses and claiming the copyright. India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library has recorded 1300 poses and will make all those available and thereby public knowledge. The library is available in 5 languages.Â
Hopefully this will put a stop to the wannabe gurus trying to monopolize the bending of limbs in impossible positions.Â