The art of yoga may be more than 5,000 years old, but it is still possible to come up with new twists.

Alongside traditional and slow-flow classes, studios and organizations across the county have been personalizing yoga workouts by gender, age and in the case of downtowns The Yoga Place those who love chocolate.

For males, the Midland Country Club in response to suggestions by a staff golf professional created Zen for Men.

What you find with yoga is its a very intimidating class for a lot of people, Midland Country Club Fitness Director Jennifer Spiegel said.

The weekly class is attended primarily by men 40 and older, as well as those who want to work out athletic injuries or improve their golf game, she said.

Its boomed, Spiegel said. Its one of our popular classes.

In her 10 years at The Yoga Place, men and teenagers alike have shown interest, owner Kim Scott said.

Ive seen more people looking to yoga actually more teens and men, she said. My classes definitely in the past couple of years have become more popular, more attended.

The Midland Community Center began offering classes a year or so ago because of member interest, Wellness Manager Jodi Spiker said.

Among these is Restorative Yoga a class focused on holding five to six positions for 15 or 20 minutes at a time to bring ones body into a very relaxed state, Spiker said.

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Yoga classes offering new twists on ancient art