Yoga Journal's 2005 survey, Yoga in America found the yoga market to be worth nearly $3 billion per year. The data, collected by the Harris Interactive Service Bureau (HISB), shows that 16.5 million people practice yoga in America.
In 2005, Yoga Journal brought B.K.S. Iyengar, one of the world's foremost teachers of yoga, to America to teach an extensive workshop. Mr. Iyengar's book Light on Yoga, first published in 1966, has become a classic and is considered the ultimate reference manual of asana practice.
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“Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully.”
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