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Yoga lovers in Washington now have to pay tax on their stress-reducing classes. With the state facing budget problems, it is now enforcing a controversial sales tax. Lawmakers argue yoga is a type of exercise class that is taxable. However …

Three area women just left Traverse City for a four-month sojourn in India to study ashtanga yoga in its most pure and ancient form. Jessica Sharry, who teaches ashtanga yoga at Sared Space Yoga, will travel with students Tracy “T.J.” Andrews and Lillie Wolff.

ASHEVILLE – One Center Yoga will host a six-week Anusara Level 1 Yoga Series 5:30–7 p.m. starting today through Dec. 9 and a Intro to Iyengar Yoga series 7:15-8:45 p.m. Nov. 11-Dec. 16 at 120 Coxe Ave., Suite 3A.

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington state may begin taxing yoga classes a nine-percent sales tax. The law, like the practice of yoga, is fluid. Exercise classes are already taxable in Washington, but instruction in the ancient practice of meditation is not taxable.

A program of yoga poses, breathing and relaxation significantly reduces joint tenderness and swelling for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to research funded in part by the Arthritis Foundation and presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco.

New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): Heres the secret of actress Reese Witherspoons svelte body YogaHop. The ”Walk The Line” star has been following a new spiritual workout programme invented by her personal trainer Matthew Reyes, reports the China Daily …

A recent report from Religion News Service provides insight into what happens when the Hindu practice of yoga is attempted by those of other religions. The article states, in part, “A few years ago, Susan Bordenkircher wasn´t comfortable doing yoga …

Yoga lovers got a treat on Halloween when athletic apparel store Lululemon Athletica celebrated its opening Friday with a complimentary yoga class. The space at 1622 Sherman Ave. had been vacant since cereal store Cereality closed in May 2007. But Brooke Johnson, Lululemon’s regional community manager, said she thought Evanston was ready for another specialty store.

Eight Paths, One Journey is an arts project two years in the making that will culminate in a 49-piece photographic exhibition exploring the emotional journeys of yoga practitioners who have found a pl

Eight Paths, One Journey is an arts project two years in the making that will culminate in a 49-piece photographic exhibition exploring the emotional journeys of yoga practitioners who have found a place for the ancient eastern practice in their 21st …