There has been some recent debate across the web as to who 'owns' Yoga. First of all, Yoga is a practice and not a possession. Therefore nobody can actually own Yoga. This debate was started in America, not India , and according to Deepak Chopra is nothing more than Hindu nationalism and perhaps an innocent attempt by the Indian diaspora in America to gain some respect.
As far as I am concerned, nobody would claim that the practice of riding a bike belongs to the French or that playing soccer belongs to the English. Of course, Yoga has its roots in India but the practice its practice perhaps even predates Hinduism itself.
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