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Yoga teachers chafe at Virginia licensing rules

The Virginian-Pilot - Fri Dec 4, 12:02 am ET

For the first time in her 10 years of teaching yoga, Ann Richardson paid a $2,500 fee, went to Richmond for a meeting and did hours of paperwork - just so she could continue to train yoga teachers. A new state requirement mandates that any program that trains yoga teachers must be certified. And that's led to some less-than-serene moments among the state's yoga instructors.