BY TINA SFONDELES Staff Reporter December 10, 2013 4:38PM

Yoga instructor Becki Richards of TriBalance in Schaumburg practices a stance in the new yoga and meditation room in O'hare Airport Terminal 3. | Tina Sfondeles/Sun-Times

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Updated: December 11, 2013 6:32PM

Travelers hoping to find inner peace an escape from the constant motion at OHare Airport can downward dog their way into some restfulness in a brand new yoga and meditation room in the airports Terminal 3.

The tiny mirrored studio open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily is tucked away in a mezzanine corner room outside the airports lush indoor urban gardens.

At a media preview Tuesday, five local yoga teachers showed off their best moves.

Free yoga mats are provided, and those wanting to stretch or meditate in the room are blocked from public view by a frosted window. There are no showers, but travelers can change into workout clothes in several bathrooms nearby. And a small area inside the yoga room is meant to place luggage and personal belongings.

San Francisco International Airport was the first airport to debut a yoga-meditation room, but other airports have followed suit, including Dallas-Fort Worth and Burlington International Airport in Vermont.

Were always looking for opportunities throughout the airport to again create little respites like this where people can come and find a sense of peace and balance during their hectic, or what could be a hectic journey, Chicago Dept. of Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino said at OHare Tuesday.

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Published: Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013 | 3:27 PM ET

By: Harriet Baskas, Special to CNBC

Source: Chicago Dept. of Aviation

Yoga room at Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Chicago O'Hare International, one of the country's busiest and most stressful airports, took a decidedly Zen turn today with the opening of a yoga room in Terminal 3, adjacent to the airport's indoor urban garden.

"The yoga room provides a space for yoga practice as well as a place to relax or meditate," said Rosemarie Andolini, Chicago Department of Aviation commissioner. "This is yet another amenity to help make the travel experience at O'Hare 'best-in-class.' "

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O'Hare's yoga room has a sustainable bamboo wood floor, floor-to-ceiling mirrors along one wall, exercise mats and an area to store personal articles and garments. A wall-mounted video monitor plays soothing sounds and displays yoga exercise techniques and images of nature. Frosted windows along one side of the room provide privacy and natural light.

"The importance of exercise and the opportunity in clearing the mind and body during long travel days cannot be overstated as it relates to one's health," said Brad Jersey, CEO and founder of nLIVEn Health, a company that places sponsored interactive health-care campaigns in airports. "We know from our studies that 75 percent of frequent fliers participate in some workout regimen, so this is a perfect complement at ORD."

Wellness tourism is a $438.6 billion global market "and a rapidly growing niche within the $3.2 trillion global tourism economy," according to the a study presented in October at the Global Wellness Tourism Congress in New Delhi, India.

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Dec. 11, 2013 at 2:12 PM ET

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Chicagos OHare International has opened a yoga room.

Chicagos OHare International, one of the countrys busiest and most stressful airports, took a decidedly Zen turn today with the opening of a yoga room in Terminal 3, adjacent to the airports indoor urban garden.

"The yoga room provides a space for yoga practice as well as a place to relax or meditate, said Rosemarie Andolini, Chicago Department of Aviation commissioner. This is yet another amenity to help make the travel experience at O'Hare 'best-in-class.'"

OHares yoga room has a sustainable bamboo wood floor, floor-to-ceiling mirrors along one wall, exercise mats and an area to store personal articles and garments. A wall-mounted video monitor plays soothing sounds and displays yoga exercise techniques and images of nature. And to provide privacy and let in natural light, there are frosted windows along one side of the room.

The importance of exercise and the opportunity in clearing the mind and body during long travels days cannot be overstated as it relates to ones health, said Brad Jersey, CEO and founder of nLIVEn Health, a company that brings sponsored, interactive health care campaigns into airports. We know from our studies that 75 percent of frequent fliers participate in some workout regimen, so this is a perfect complement at ORD.

Wellness tourism is a $438.6 billion global market and a rapidly growing niche within the $3.2 trillion global tourism economy, according to the a study presented in October at the Global Wellness Tourism Congress in New Delhi, India.

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Amy Annis, one of the founders of 'The Yoga Tree,' teaches yoga to women in the community to help their mind and body.

Eau, Claire WI (WEAU) - Thomas Jefferson once said, "a strong body makes the mind strong."

It's a concept that a new local organization is using to branch out into the community to benefit local charities.

"I've been teaching yoga for about 10 years, but I really dove in about 5 years ago, when I was diagnosed with cancer. Coming out of that, I really wanted to do is passionate about, says Amy Annis of 'The Yoga Tree.'

Its not a sight you would normally see in someone's basement, but for breast cancer survivor Amy Annis, its a passion.

"Yoga is such a great way to live a healthy life and I used that as part of my healing process, says Annis.

For the last year, she's been stretching her branches into the community through an organization called 'The Yoga Tree.'

"I always had the idea in the back of my head that at some point I wanted to do some kind of karma, yoga project and I just have 3 wonderful friends who are also passionate about yoga and teaching it in the community. 'The Yoga Tree' happens once a month. We have kind of gone through the different charities we feel strongly about and that we know serve the Eau Claire Chippewa Valley community, says Annis.

So while Amy donates time, others like Rose Wiechmann donate money to help a specific charity in the area.

I've attended yoga tree a few times. Its nice to see the community coming together for a cause first of all. Then seeing all the other people in town that also do yoga and just a great group activity on a Saturday morning, says Wiechmann.

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New York's unclothed yoga scene is no longer just for dudes. Chelsea's Le Male Yoga which, as the name suggests, previously specialized in naked yoga for men is now Bold & Naked Yoga, a studio that also provides all-female nude classes, as well as some for "co-ed groups and seniors." (For now, the 55-and-up offering is all male, though we suppose there's nothing stopping more mature women from attending one of the new mixed courses.) Joschi Schwarz told DNAinfo that the no-guys-allowed sessions will involve "a little more in emotional psychologies, to really help women to feel good about themselves."

As for the coed sessions? Those seem to be just for fun but don't get too excited, straight people: "If you are looking for an orgasm, you are in the wrong place," declares the Bold & Naked website. Schwarz explained, "I know sexuality is always in peoples' minds and I have a feeling that a lot of people don't know that yoga has nothing to do with sex at all." It's actually about "sensuality." "When you get rid of the clothes, you get rid of the labels and that's a beautiful thing," Schwarz said. So this probably means that new students should leave their cheesy "Coed Naked Yoga" T-shirts at home.

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