:: YogiSutras News ::

(ContentDesk) August 16, 2005 — Yoga Yoga, along with presenting sponsor Yoga International magazine, will host a Yoga in Small Communities Conference on October 14-16, 2005, at Yoga Yoga Westgate, 4477 South Lamar, in Austin, Texas. The goal of the Yoga in Small Communities conference is to bring yoga teachers and students together to address the opportunities and challenges particular to teaching and practicing yoga in small communities.“One of the most profound changes in yoga in this new century is the accessibility and receptiveness afforded to it by people in small communities,” says Mehtab Benton, founder of Yoga Yoga and director of its teacher training programs. “No longer is yoga only for the university town or the big city, it is being widely taught in churches, fitness centers, and studios in even the smallest communities. Every year we train dozens of teachers who take yoga back to their home towns, in some cases for the very first time. While this is an exciting development, teaching yoga in small communities represents a real challenge to teachers who now must mainstream an experience for middle America that was once the jealously guarded domain of rock stars, health nuts, and aging hippies.”In addition to sessions on retail and other income opportunities, becoming a yoga teacher, and various other topics regarding teaching and practicing yoga in a small community, there will be break-out sessions to encourage networking and discussion amongst the participants at this conference.