LONDON, ENGLAND, January 12, 2002: London yogis, according to this report, are concerned that nontraditional forms of yoga developed in America may be harmful to some people. Jill Boag-Munroe of the UK’s governing body of yoga, the British Wheel, has studied and taught yoga for 20 years. “I’ve heard and read of American variations, which use machines to push the body into position, but we would not recommend it,” she told this paper. “Powerflow” yoga, which is popular with Thurman and Turlington, is of particular concern. Experienced London yoga teachers have already gone on record to describe the physical injuries they sustained during the vigorous “taster” workouts recently provided by two of American yogis. Boag-Munroe insists yoga has to outlive its status as a Western fad to return to Patanjali’s exhortation that it must still the vibrations of the mind.
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