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Yoga Turning B-Schoolers on Their Heads

Capitalists latch on to search for inner peace

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(Newser) – Inner peace through capitalism? Americans spend $5.7 billion a year on yoga classes and products, and now, BusinessWeek reports, yoga clubs are cropping up in some of the country's most high-pressured institutions: top business schools. "Having a yoga practice helped sort through the white noise," one MIT student said.

At the University of Chicago, up to 30 regulars "shut their brain off" in a class founded by two students earlier this year. The trend is catching on: From Northwestern to Harvard, students are escaping laptops and seminars for the warrior pose and downward-facing dog. "There are so many things you juggle at the same time," said one B-schooler. "Yoga is something consistent that lets me calm down."

Yoga is catching on with young capitalists in top US business schools.
Yoga is catching on with young capitalists in top US business schools.   ((c) visnup)
Yoga is catching on with young capitalists in top US business schools.
Yoga is catching on with young capitalists in top US business schools.   ((c) judepics)
From Northwestern to the vaunted Harvard School of Business, students are escaping their laptops and seminars for the warrior pose and downward-facing dog.
From Northwestern to the vaunted Harvard School of Business, students are escaping their laptops and seminars for the warrior pose and downward-facing dog.   (Getty Images (by Event) Individuals)
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