Some might think of yoga as something that the young enjoy, but Steven Bleeke, 65, of Dayton, knows otherwise. A father of two with three grandchildren, Bleeke didnt find yoga until 2000 when a friend invited him over to see an introductory yoga DVD. He also teaches a free one-hour meditation class at The Hithergreen Center in Centerville.

I immediately recognized that this was what Id been looking for my entire life, said Bleeke, who began studying Hata Yoga under Jaggi Vasudev, also called Sadhguru. I started seeking and what I have found is that when you are seeking you actually manifest what you seek in your life.

Bleeke graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey before moving to Ohio to study theater at Heidelberg College in Tiffin. He earned a follow-on fellowship in theater at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., but decided to change his major to Recreation after realizing the importance of play in ones life. He moved to Dayton where he worked in the City Recreation Department for eight years before accepting a position in The Dayton City Schools where he worked as a systems analyst and programmer for 24 years before retiring.

Bleeke began studying under Sadhguru attending his programs at the nonprofit Isha Foundation in Nashville, Tenn. In addition to his yoga training in Tennessee, Bleeke took classes in Columbus and has traveled to India four times to study the classical Hata yoga taught by Sadhguru. A great challenge was the teacher training course that pitted Bleeke against classmates who were much younger. Bleeke persevered and completed the 21-week course and then went on to open his own nonprofit Dayton business, Spiritual Yoga of Southwest Ohio (spiritualyoga-swohio.org) at 1105 Yorkshire Place in 2013.

Im a conduit for the Sadhguru, but I package what I teach in different ways to target different groups, said Bleeke, who teaches yoga camps for children and groups for pregnant mothers, corporate executives and seniors. It helps with memory loss prevention and improves flexibility and balance. The physical part of yoga supports meditation, because when youre stressed and stiff, its hard to get into meditation.

Bleeke emphasizes that guidance and instruction are essential in order to apply skills that will leave people with a sense of well being.

Ive found the real purpose for my life, said Bleeke, who finds satisfaction in partnering with Sadhguru. I just want to make sure that everyone has a positive experience from yoga. The response from people has been very positive and I have a full class and Im really having fun.

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Lenovo has discontinued sales on its websiteof the Yoga 11 convertible PC with the Windows RT operating system. Analysts say this is a sign of PC makers moving away from their commitment to the struggling OS.

A page on Lenovos website stated the Yoga 11 is no longer being sold through its website, but said consumers may still buy this product from a Lenovo retailer or reseller.

The Yoga 11 (shown above) is still for sale by a few retailers such as TigerDirect, which is selling the device for $495. The device is not being sold by Best Buy, which instead sellsthe Yoga 11S, a hybrid released earlier this year that uses the Windows 8 operating system powered by an Intel Core processor.

The Yoga 11 hybrid was one of the handful of computers running Microsofts Windows RT, which is designed for tablets. The Yoga 11s dual functionality allowed it to serve as a laptop, and also a tablet when the screen was folded up.

Lenovo did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but the company is now selling ThinkPad and IdeaPad laptops running Windows 8 and 7. Prices of other Windows RT tablets have also been dropping. Microsoft this week lowered the starting price of Surface RT to $349 from the original $499, while prices of RT tablets from Dell and Asus have also dropped to under $300.

Microsoft released Windows RT for ARM-based devices and Windows 8 for Intel-based devices in October last year. The price drops appear to be an acknowledgement that Windows RT has failed, according to analysts. Some PC makers like Hewlett-Packard have shied away from RT, adopting Android or Windows 8 for their tablets instead.

The Yoga 11 being pulled from the website shows Windows RT is not a priority for Lenovo, said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner.

They will serve a need if there is one. But I dont think it is a focus, Milanesi said.

Devices such as the Yoga 11 will be replaced with fully functional Windows 8 tablets, said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates in an email.

I think youll see most vendors of RT tablets move in the same direction as Lenovo. RT tablets have not been selling well at all, Gold said.

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With the blistering temperatures of summer and the onset of the monsoon, the chance to get outdoors for some much needed exercise is often limited by the weather. And for those who prefer something a little more mentally relaxing than doing high-intensity aerobics or power lifting weights, the options are even morelimited.

As a result, local yoga instructor Macaela Cashman is offering a slew of new opportunities to stay fit, both physically and mentally, while beating the heat and having somefun.

Yoga really helps put life into perspective. It gives me so much joy and provides so much meaning in my life, Cashman said, describing how she began practicing yoga more than 20 years ago in order to help hersleep.

Now teaching out of Buena Health and Fitness Center after her previous host, Nancy Buttke of Health2o, was made to relocate, Cashman has added an additional class to her weekly schedule, is planning a meditation workshop, is preparing to teach an eight-week yoga course at Cochise College, and will be releasing a yoga DVD sometime thisfall.

I stay pretty busy, she said with a chuckle, adding that relocating to the fitness center has been a welcomechange.

The new location is more spacious and has hardwood floors. Its more of a studio-style room, Cashmansaid.

A gym membership is not required in order to participate in yoga classes, Hank Diaz has been behind me 100 percent, she said of her new host, owner of the fitnesscenter.

Along with a more welcoming environment, Cashman is also providing more opportunities to attendclass.

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When you're lying on your back in a pool of sweat, looking up at the crotch of a man you've just met as you grip his ankles, local precipitation being a real risk, the last thing you want to be told is to inhale. But you do, because you need to breathe deeply because you're knackered and about to be hoisted into an "assisted wheel" by your yoga instructor, a heavyweight bodybuilder and American footballer whose nickname is "Miller the Pillar".

Matt Miller is the very large man behind Broga UK, a new network of classes infiltrating gyms to cater for a growing national demand for yoga that appeals to, well, bros (aka dudes, aka men). His target audience is me, a physically active man who understands very well the benefits of the downward dog but would sooner cultivate his horribly stiff hamstrings than walk into a room full of girls spouting mystical Sanskrit (om, no thanks).

My only previous brush with yoga came in a beachside gazebo in Brazil, in a class during a surfing holiday. As my terribly earnest instructor struggled with English while I sat with crossed legs "feel the energy from the Earth. Feeeeel it come through the floor and touch your c***s [he meant coccyx] and travel up your colon [column, spinal]" it took all my energy and focus not to break the awkward silence with a fit of giggles. I did not go back.

Sure, not all yoga classes are transported straight from a hippy Himalayan hill station, but nor do even the good ones necessarily appeal to men. The British Wheel of Yoga, the governing body for yoga, has 8,000 members, only one in 10 of whom are male. The proportion of men among its network of 4,000 teachers is lower still.

I meet Miller at 7.30am in a basement room with chain-mail curtains at a branch of Gymbox, one of those blue-lit, black-walled gyms with an apparent lightbulb shortage and a nightclub soundtrack. The first thing I notice, after Miller's ridiculous physique, is the women. Girls make up about a third of the class of 17 City types. They, too, come for no-nonsense yoga, with minimal meditating but all of the breathing and positions that make the practice so good for you.

"It's the best bits together," says Clare Ginty, 29. "It's got the hard stuff we like without taking two hours out of the day. You feel like you've had a really good workout every time, even if you're aching like a bitch afterwards."

Miller says that American men, particularly in his native California (he's from Laguna Beach), are bigger on yoga, which is a training staple for top sports teams. In 2011, for example, the US goalkeeper Brad Friedel, then 40, introduced his yoga instructor to team-mates and staff at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. They convinced their veteran manager, Harry Redknapp, to use yoga to combat a growing injury problem. Elsewhere, the Premier League's oldest outfield player, Ryan Giggs, has also attributed his longevity to the activity. You can even buy Giggs Fitness ("Strength and conditioning, inspiredby yoga") on a 2011 DVD.

The "back and twist" class at Gymbox starts with breathing and some raising of the arms to the sky. Sadly there's no escaping the dreaded down dog, the arched-back position with bum in the air. The pace is high as Miller guides the class between moves, and I'm soon sweating as much as I would be on my bike, but working a lot more muscles.

We attempt the assisted wheel towards the end of the class. It's the arch position you rise up to from a supine position, as if your navel has been attached to a winch. I stopped being able to pull one when I was about six but, with sweaty-ankle man supporting my shoulders as I rise, and Miller pulling up my hips, I make it.

Ankle man is Andrew Dougall. He's 44, works in insurance and has done almost 10 broga classes. Before that his wife had taken him to a regular yoga class. "This is more physical," he says. "I'm a very unsupple person. Even when I was young playing rugby I was the one who had to really stretch his hamstrings. Now I do Thai boxing and I'm physically stronger and don't get any back ache."

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