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VA Yoga Teachers Fight State Regulation

Three Virginia yoga teachers took action Tuesday to stop the state’s efforts to regulate yoga teacher training programs. The teachers filed a federal lawsuit claiming that teaching yoga is a form of protected free speech, according to a recent Washington Post article.

“Yoga is the study of the self through direct experience,” Suzanne Leitner-Wise, a plaintiff and president of U.S. 1 Yoga Teacher Training told the Washington Post. “You simply can’t put regulations on that. It’s just dumb.”

Do you think the argument will hold up?

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