Yoga fans push back against regs

Yoga enthusiasts were aghast when state officials in both Idaho and Washington suggested that those training yoga teachers should be regulated just like for-profit vocational schools that train students in truck driving, power line repair or welding. “Yoga teacher training is really where people would go to deepen their practice in a group setting,” said Barb Dobberthien, executive director of the Yoga Alliance , a group that represents 80,000 members around the world, most of them in the United States. “It’s really about taking their practice of yoga farther – very few people make a real living, earning a living wage, at teaching yoga”/ Betsy Russell , SR. More here .