Yoga Health News

Yoga Month is a year-round campaign and will peakMadonna, Russell Simmons, Courtney Cox and
September 2008 with millions of health & sociallyNicholas Cage, Meg Ryan, Ricky Martin practicing yoga
conscious individuals practicing yoga at thousands ofand 27 billion spent in yoga-related products even
yoga studios, parks and homes around the globe.traditional advertisers are paying attention.
The 10 City Yoga Month Tour featuring lectures andThe extensive list of current Yoga Month partners
concerts will visit yoga-passionate cities like Losinclude magazines like Fit Yoga, Yoga+ Joyful Living,
Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago, NewLA Yoga, Yogi Times, Yoga Journal, Yogamates.com,
York City, Philadelphia, Miami, Austin, Denver and SanWhole Life Times, studios like Yogaworks, Exhale, Jiva
Diego.Mukti, Power Yoga, Dahn Yoga and Bikram Yoga and
"Yoga has been practiced for the last 5,000 years andteachers like Seane Corn, Hala Khouri, Bryan Kest,
transformed into one of the most popular andNike's Margo Kellison, Larry Payne, Shiva Rea.
effective methods to balance body mind, stay flexible,Yoga Month will benefit local community leaders and
fit and healthy and prevent disease - mainly because itinspire sustainable healthy lifestyle projects like Yoga
works.", says Johannes R. Fisslinger, president of thefor Kids, at-risk-youth, breast health or AIDS prevention.
Yoga Health Foundation and initiator of the YogaFor more information and for Yoga Studios &
Month campaign.Teachers, Community Leaders and Media & Sponsors
Yoga is attracting North American participants insign up, please visit
numbers as high as 20 million. A recent Harris pollFind out about the Cost of Poor Health and why Yoga
revealed that more than 100 million North AmericansMonth 092008 will make a difference in the future of
would like to practice Yoga for its health benefits.health care.
With many Hollywood celebrities like Gwenyth Paltrow,