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CNN: Menopause

Mr Jois first saw these yoga postures performed in one connected sequence in the 1920s, when he was 12.

ECONOMIST: Pattabhi Jois, a yoga teacher, died on May 18th, aged 93

Bikram says that he is not, in fact, trying to franchise or copyright yoga as such, only his specific sequence of postures and way of teaching it.

ECONOMIST: Face value

Those with a sustained practice cannot avoid the message that is repeated by nearly every teacher from every school of yoga and incorporated into so many of the physical postures: Open Your Heart.

FORBES: Lead with Your Heart