By David Holzer
Part 5 of 5
How we live yoga in the West today will help shape the future of the practice. It may also influence Western society profoundly, as well as the world in which we’ll live. But before we consider how that might happen we should step back and see the bigger picture.
Exciting times – yoga today
In the past few years, postural Hatha-based yoga has exploded in popularity. According to the UN, around 2 billion people practice globally. In the US, 74% have been practicing for five years or less and we can assume this is pretty much the case elsewhere in the West. New yogis are flooding into the practice.
A 2016 study by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that 2.4% of Americans practiced yoga. It was the ninth most popular activity after golf. Globally, the importance of yoga for physical and mental wellbeing has been acknowledged since 2015 with International Yoga Day, a UN Initiative.
These statistics are impressive. But why are so many people coming into yoga?
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