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Article: Yoga growing in popularity with all ages and body types.(Healthcare Mississippi)
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 27, 2005
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Yoga, the original mind-body workout that was once thought of as some sort of weird eastern mystical thing, has gone mainstream. It's everywhere and is appealing to a wide variety of people for a wide variety of reasons.
Instructors in Jackson and on the Coast are pleased with yoga's growing popularity but also sound a word of caution as it moves into fitness centers and gyms. The level of training that instructors have is important.
Debt Lewis of Flowood had a studio for 16 years and has taught yoga 20 years. "It has become more popular, but health clubs can do it more economically. That's forcing studios to close," she said. "For that reason, you may ...