I Thought Yoga Was Supposed To Be Relaxing
It's a clever argument for a constitutional right to teach yoga. Last year Virginia began requiring yoga teacher training programs to be certified as vocational classes. Many yogis consider this an infringement on their ability to practice and pass on their craft. Some seasoned yogis have filed suit claiming that "teaching, after all, is speech" and thus protected by the Constitution.
"With the amount of stress there is in D.C., I think we are going to need more yoga teachers, not less," Dopitova said. "Look how people live? It's stress, stress. Rushing, rushing."
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Yoga instructors say many devotees enroll in instructor training to expand their knowledge. Many see teaching yoga as a quest for enlightenment, not a way to pay the bills.
"It has been passed down for thousands of years by sages to their students," said Beverly Brown, a plaintiff. "To me, teaching yoga is a statement of my purpose, or dharma."
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