Fayetteville native Randy Boyd, 57 (right) started teaching yoga at Kula Community Yoga and Wellness Studio once he learned the health benefits it brought him after he suffered a herniated disc. Kula Yoga owner Yves Corbiere (left) and Boyd are bringing a yoga retreat to Fayetteville next month.

Twisting this way and stretching that way during a yoga class is like attending therapy, church and the gym all at once.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Twisting this way and stretching that way during a yoga class is like attending therapy, church and the gym all at once.

At least that's what Folded Leaf owner April Woody tells her yoga classes.

"Yoga is different than plain exercise and just stretching," Woody said last week. "There's a deeper spiritual component to it. The mere epidemic of people struggling with anxiety and stress ... people understand that taking a pill to try to fix whatever is wrong with them is just like putting a Band-Aid on it and it doesn't address the issue."

Woody said her Bridge Road studio that she opened in January 2008 has seen an increase in attendance each year since.

About 1,000 people a month take off their shoes, lay out a mat and focus on forms at Folded Leaf, Woody said.

"I've never really had a month since I opened where I worried about the upcoming month," she said.

More than 20 million Americans practice yoga, an increase of nearly 30 percent since 2008, according to Yoga Journal.

Employment of fitness trainers, including yoga instructors, is expected to grow by 24 percent from 2010 to 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That job growth is faster than the average of all occupations, according to the BLS.

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Ekhart Yoga is giving free access to online Beginner Yoga Programs for 30 days. On Monday March 11th, Ekhart Yoga will open its beginner programs to all, to encourage people new to yoga to join in.

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Over the 30 days, Esther and her team hope to provide a space to enable those new to Yoga to practice and enjoy. To ensure that beginners get maximum support, there will be regular articles and tips posted along with insights by guest bloggers. These guest bloggers will post their honest opinions and experiences over the 30 days. Esther and her team of teachers will also be on hand to answer any specific questions that arise.

Esther advises those joining in to follow one yoga program at a time. Once you have finished one beginner Yoga program its a great idea to start following another one. That way, you can try out different styles and teachers to find out what suits you bestand you really can learn something wonderful from everybody.

Esther insists that getting started is easy! All you need to do is

1 Get a yoga mat and find a place to practice e.g. your living room/bedroom

2 Go to the Beginners Page on EkhartYoga.com and choose your Yoga for Beginners Program

About Ekhart Yoga

EkhartYoga.com was founded by Esther Ekhart to spread the love of yoga and to share her knowledge of yoga with the world. Esther has been the most viewed yoga teacher on YouTube for many years, and through her yoga videos shes become the inspiration for many yogis around the world to start practicing yoga.

Through EkhartYoga.com, Esther is offering high quality online yoga classes so that yogis can now enjoy streaming yoga videos at home or on the road. Ekhart Yoga offers yoga programs for beginners as well as for more advanced yoga practitioners. Full yoga classes and workouts are brought to you by some of the finest yoga teachers in Europe.

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