I was in India during the Ganesha festival and I remember explaining to an American friend what it was all about. I was telling him that praying to Ganesha who is an obstacle remover has a few asanas involved. One of the main ones is where a person holds on to their ears and asks for forgiveness for all the mistakes. It is called Thoppu Karanam in Tamil. It is nothing but a dynamic utkatasana.
And then I read an article in the magazine Hinduism today, that some nut case has patented this sequence as “Superbrain Yoga”. I could not believe the nuttiness involved in patenting something that is followed in a religion for hundreds of years.
The nut who patented Thoppu karanam goes by the name ‘dates of life’. 
Click on the piture to read the article.
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