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There is an attempt to control Yoga in US.

Efforts at Regulation Have Yoga Teachers Bent Out of Shape
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Virginia’s cumbersome licensing rules include a $2,500 sign-up fee — a big hit for modest studios that are often little more than one-room storefronts.
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“It basically destroys the essence of yoga, to control and manipulate the whole situation,” said Jhon Tamayo of Atmananda Yoga Sequence in Manhattan, shortly after receiving one of the warning letters from the state. “No one can regulate yoga.”
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Within days, Joseph P. Frey, an associate commissioner with the State Education Department, said in an interview that the department would suspend the licensing effort, allow the classes to continue and instead lobby to have legislation passed adding yoga to a list of activities that are exempt from regulation.
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Has it got anything to do with anticipated higher need for yoga in US, as economic downturn worsens?