The practice of yoga has been growing in popularity across the United States for decades, particularly in places like Los Angeles and New York City.

As crazes like pilates and zumba have certainly taken the fitness world by storm in the last few years, the age-old practice of yoga has managed to stay afloat.

Theres a lot of ebb and flow within the fitness world. Yoga, I think, will have a longer staying power because yoga is thousands of years old and its been practiced all over the world for over 2,000 years and theres true concepts in it, said Jennifer Chisam, owner of Mountain Yoga, 151A E. Mountcastle Drive.

While yogas worldwide popularity has been alive and well in other areas for quite some time, its beginning to catch on in Johnson City and the surrounding region.

Compared to the rest of the country, were kind of behind the times, Chisam said.

She pointed to just across the mountains in Asheville, N.C., as a prime example since there seems to be a yoga studio on just about every corner.

Its kind of become an obsession for the entire country, Chisam said.

And Chisam believes Johnson City is right on the cusp on capitalizing on the yoga craze.

Johnson City has a number of yoga studios, including Inner Sea Yoga, New Paradigm and Shakti in the Mountains. Most of those studios are located within just a few miles of one another.

Yoga classes are even offered at East Tennessee State University.

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