Gem of an article on modern Yoga tourism in India by Prof Ken Liberman

November 3, 2009

Gem of an article on modern Yoga tourism in India by Prof Ken Libermanhttp://icyer.com/documents/YogaTourism.pdf

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November 5, 2009

As an update to Ken's article there is an article in today's local newspaper reporting that the State of Missouri will now start collecting taxes on all yoga classes taught in the state because sales tax is due on all places of "amusement, entertainment, or recreation, games and athletic events."

Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Bhavanani <yognat

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 8:03 am

Gem of an article on modern Yoga tourism in India by Prof Ken Liberman

Gem of an article on modern Yoga tourism in India by Prof Ken Libermanhttp://icyer.com/documents/YogaTourism.pdf

--

Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani

Chairman: ICYER and Yoganjali Natyalayam

25, II Cross, Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry, India

www.icyer.com and www..org

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November 7, 2009

Comments on Ken's and Rajudev's emails:

Rightly so! Slap a tax on yoga. It has been done for years and is

called karma.

In many respects practitioners and others see yoga as a "business."

They do "exercises" with all sorts of gadgets on hand (props, clothes,

etc.) so yoga is a kind of entertainment, especially if it hurts...

No doubt you have heard of hasa yoga or the yoga of laughter.

Pranayama hasn't been considered taxable, as yet.

Don't hold your breath.

Shall we tax samadhi?

Depends on how you interpret the yamas and niyamas.

No wonder the enlightened ones regard this world as a loony bin.

In NZ yoga comes under sport but in some other countries it is a

religion. Maybe.

Well, the classification of yoga as a sport or a religion fits between

a rock and a hard place.

Sport is taxable, God is not.

I rest my case.

Eric Doornekamp

Lotus Yoga Centre

rajudev108 wrote:

As an update to

Ken's article there is an article in today's local newspaper reporting

that the State of Missouri will now start collecting taxes on all yoga

classes taught in the state because sales tax is due on all places of

"amusement, entertainment, or recreation, games and athletic events."

Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Bhavanani <yognat >

Tue, Nov 3, 2009 8:03 am

Gem of an article on modern Yoga tourism in

India by Prof Ken Liberman

Gem

of an article on modern Yoga tourism in India by Prof Ken Liberman

http://icyer.com/documents/YogaTourism.pdf

--

Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani

Chairman: ICYER and Yoganjali Natyalayam

25, II Cross, Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry, India

www.icyer.com

and www..org

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November 13, 2009