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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, January 31, 2002: Hatha Yoga’s intricate system of posturing, posing, bending and twisting is one of the hottest fitness programs offered across the US. According to the Yoga Research and Education Center in Santa Rosa, California, more than 20 million people in the United States practice yoga. Many practitioners praise yoga for its health benefits. Chiropractor Robin Huhn started taking yoga to relieve stress and discovered that some of the poses are similar to stretching exercises she gives her patients. Catherine Corbeaga, 56, has been practicing yoga for 14 years and teaching it for eight. Her inspiration was actress Katherine Hepburn, who is 94 and suffers from Parkinson’s disease. “Several years ago I saw an interview on television with her in her home. She already was showing signs of Parkinson’s but she was still very vigorous and flexible and strong — which she attributed to yoga,” says Corbaga. Connie Johnson, who also is a yoga instructor for Las Vegas Athletic Club, began doing yoga exercises 20 years ago after suffering a whiplash injury in a car accident in Connecticut. “I couldn’t lift my head to look up at the ceiling.” Johnson recalled. When the exercises helped her, she said she became hooked on yoga.

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