{"id":7181,"date":"2009-04-12T10:08:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2011-05-25T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T20:41:19","slug":"yoga-industry-stays-steady-despite-weak-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/yoga-industry-stays-steady-despite-weak-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Industry Stays Steady Despite Weak Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In these wallet-pinching times, most of us are examining our budgets and eliminating extra dollars spent on non-necessities like eating out, concert tickets or a new handbag. For those who practice <a title=\" benefits of yoga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-10-benefits-of-yoga\/\" target=\"_self\">yoga<\/a>, rolling up their mats is not something they are going to part with despite the dismal economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/yoga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/yoga.jpg\" alt=\"yoga\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For many who are devoted to this ancient practice, yoga is as much a needed part of their lifestyle as their automobile, cell phone or laptop. From its mind-calming effects to the <a title=\"ashtanga yoga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/ashtanga-yoga-a-favorite-for-madonna-and-gwyneth\/\" target=\"_self\">physical benefits<\/a> they derive from each practice, yoga classes\u00a0have shown\u00a0in some cities across the country to stay fairly immune to the turbulent waters of the rocky\u00a0 economy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yoga Journal Magazine, subscriptions to their publication have stayed steady and attendance to their four annual conferences are full. With conference registrations costing more than $500 per person, there is something to say about where folks are willing to place their money these days.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While classes in some cities may\u00a0have dropped off, studios are still packed with <a title=\"hardtail yoga clothes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/the-hottest-trends-in-yoga-fashion\/\" target=\"_self\">Hardtail<\/a>-wearing yogi&#8217;s hungry to unearth a few drops of sanity-saving peace inside of themselves as they face potential layoffs, foreclosures and decreasing stock portfolios. Yoga helps us take one <a title=\"Breathing correctly in yoga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/breathing-correctly-in-yoga\/\" target=\"_self\">breath<\/a> at a time, stay focused and centered\u00a0amid the\u00a0fearful uncertainty of the future. This may be the greatest gift yet that yoga has given to us here in the West and why this 5,000 year-old tradition is\u00a0so\u00a0cherished &#8211; perhaps\u00a0now more than ever for millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to yoga, but have been hardhit by the economy, here are three ways to practice <a title=\"cheap yoga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/three-ways-to-yoga-on-a-budget\/\" target=\"_self\">yoga on a budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In these wallet-pinching times, most of us are examining our budgets and eliminating extra dollars spent on non-necessities like eating out, concert tickets or a new handbag. For those who practice yoga, rolling up their mats is not something they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/yoga-industry-stays-steady-despite-weak-economy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[634,30],"class_list":["post-7181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-economy","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49445,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7181\/revisions\/49445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}