About 50 yogis gathered in New York recently to discuss hiring a
lobbyist and raise funds to fight a state proposal to require
certification of yoga teacher training programs -- a move they say
would unfairly cost them money.
"It has brought us under one roof," said Fara Marz, who held the
gathering at his Om Factory yoga studio in New York. "And this shows
that yogis can be vicious, political, together."
Yoga enthusiasts who say autonomy is fundamental to what they do
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