National Geographic - USA (2020-01)

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Yoga on the Rocks
draws sellout crowds of
2,100 practitioners to
Red Rocks Amphithe-
atre outside Denver,
Colorado. In the United
States, yoga is an
increasingly popular
way to reduce stress
and enhance health.


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In the West, yoga often
focuses on the asanas,
or postures, of hatha
yoga, one of its many
branches. In India,
where the discipline
began more than 4,000
years ago, followers
of Krish na perform
bhakti, or devotional,
yoga, by moving
108 stones the length
of their body during
repeated prostrations
on a 13-mile circuit
of Govardhan Hill.

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