Injuries are on the rise as more novices embrace it: NYT Magazine
(NEWSER) - Yoga is acclaimed as a healing, relaxing, and generally safe pursuit, but the exploding number of practitioners in the US should know that injuries are fairly common and that the problem is growing, reports the New York Times Magazine . Sprains, dislocations, broken backbones, and even strokes are suffered by yoga participants who are not physically primed for the activity. The story quotes one yoga teacher who has been in the field four decades as saying that the "vast majority of people” should quit altogether. More»
