1 Entity That Can Surely Transform Your Yoga Practice

The newly released 2016 Yoga in America Study conducted by Yoga Journal and Yoga Alliance shows that the number of US yoga practitioners has increased to more than 36 million, up from 20.4 million in 2012, while annual practitioner spending on yoga classes, clothing, equipment, and accessories rose to $16 billion, up from $10 billion over the past four years. "Yoga is a thriving, growing industry," says Carin Gorrell, editor in chief of Yoga Journal. Whether we like it or not, we have to accept the reality that Yoga has become a growing industry today. Every Industrialization has its own advantages and disadvantages. Same is the case of Yoga. Great thing about this is it has increased the popularity of yoga in USA and globally by leaps and bounds. The dark side of this is that yoga has lost its authenticity, purpose and spirit which is indicted by this stats: The top five reasons according to Yoga Alliance Executive Director and COO Barbara Dobberthien, for starting yoga are: flexibility (61%), stress relief (56%), general fitness (49%), improve overall health (49%), and physical fitness (44%). These stats are positive and encouraging. As a yoga teacher, I would have danced to my heart reading this stats 10 years back. But with my understanding of yoga going deeper, I would definitely love to see the stats as -- the top five reasons for starting yoga are: Self-realization (90%), spiritual growth (80%), imbibing human values (85%), self-discipline (70%), improve overal...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news