By Paul M. Jerard Jr.
 Yoga therapy has been sitting by quietly, while the mainstream population has begun to "try Yoga," but that may soon change. With the world's governments and financial markets struggling along, there will be many changes in the near future. The world's governments will have to consider the massive cost of national defense, retirement programs, education, healthcare, energy, education, and preventative health.
At this time, prevention in healthcare is a "field of dreams." As we know, some medical conditions are inherent within our specific genetic pool. However, there are many ailments, diseases, and conditions, which are preventable.
This is where healing modalities such as, Yoga therapy can become cost-effective alternatives to an over burdened medical system. Below is a question and answer session about the need for Yoga as a recognized form of therapy.
Q: What is Yoga Therapy?
A: Most of today's Yoga therapy can be traced back to Sri Swami Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who trained his share of modern masters, including his son T.K.V. Desikachar (Viniyoga) and B.K.S. Iyengar (Iyengar Yoga).
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By Keith "Nickel" Langevin
 Strictly speaking, yoga, in its pure and original form, is primarily a philosophy and a discipline. Although people naturally have stereotypical mental pictures of practitioners of yoga, there is more to it than just the stretching and the limb bending. Yoga has both intellectual and practical aspect or components. Through time however, the practical aspects of yoga have become widely practiced in themselves because of their healthy and calming effects on the body. Many believe that yoga can truly develop internal balance and peace.
The acceptance of yoga as a genuine way to promote both the health of the body and the spirit has been especially pronounced in the west. In many ways, yoga has helped those who have always wished to improve their health condition, posture and even the shape and form of their bodies. The practical aspect of yoga primarily promotes bodily improvement through exercises that deals with proper breathing, stretching and relaxing and because the body is at ease and properly situated, spiritual calm may follow.
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By Paul M. Jerard Jr.
 How can we expect Yoga to be recognized as a viable therapy, along side traditional western medicine? Much like many of the other holistic approaches to health, Yoga is not backed by any "deep pockets" of financial power, in comparison to Fortune 500 companies and the International corporate giants.
In contrast to Yoga, the pharmaceutical lobby is composed of the paid representatives of huge biomedicine corporations, who definitely influence government policies. Yoga has no influence over governments outside of India.
Most Yoga teachers, studios, and ashrams cannot afford to pay for one impartial study to be performed. Yoga does not qualify as an irritation to the eyes of the pharmaceutical lobby. Biomedicine corporations annually pay millions of dollars in research and development of their products.
One might say: "Yoga has no chance of recognition as a genuine therapy, because it has no major financial backing." Add to this, the lack of medical studies on a 5,000 year old health maintenance system has not added to the credibility of Yoga as a viable therapy.
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