Yoga Is My Health Insurance�Not!
by Nina Okay, I admit it: the government shutdown and the fight over health care is making me grouchy. So far, we have been avoiding controversial topics like politics on the blog, and I think that�s a good idea, so don�t worry I�m not going to go there. Instead, I'm going to go ahead and rant about a saying that I hear sometimes in the yoga community: Yoga is My Health Insurance Promoting this idea�that you don�t need health insurance if you practice yoga�that yoga is a replacement for western medicine�is both irresponsible and delusional. On the staff of Yoga for Healthy Aging, we have two medical doctors, two medical researchers, and a physical therapist. And every one of these people not only has their own health insurance, but all would assure you that yoga cannot solve all your health problems. And thinking that it can is both foolish and dangerous. Because modern yoga has been popular in the US for decades now, we now have a large number of people�particularly yoga teachers�...