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I was overloaded with assignments and deprived of some much-needed sleep. Not only that, but all that fast food and those late night snacks were taking a toll on my body. Then again, the term ‘exercise’ already sounded excessive and strenuous to my ears and hectic schedule. What now?
Instead of waiting around for moody and depressing thoughts to creep up on me, I decided to take the trendy approach and sign up for yoga classes at UC Irvine’s Anteater Recreation Center. Listening to calming music and doing a series of stretches and breathing exercises didn’t seem like a bad idea at all. As the latest trend in maintaining shape, yoga has taken on a new meaning, especially for college students. Today, there are many different styles of yoga including Hatha yoga, which is more physically demanding and the most popular in the United States. Although yoga is suitable for all ages, as a beneficial form for alleviating stress and tension, college students like myself have certainly found a way to a long-lasting and calm strengthening of the body.
Once the music started circulating around the room and as soon as we began our basic stretching exercises, I could see why yoga is viewed as a form of sweet escape from the hustle and bustle of the academic world. At one point, I felt tension slipping away from my body as the minutes surreptitiously ticked away. Ease replaced anxiety and worry, and I felt myself surprisingly wide awake and full of energy even after more than an hour’s worth of complex poses and meditative, stretching exercises.
Yoga can be my next fix when I am in dire need of an energy boost, forget Starbucks coffee and Red Bull drinks. I could see from the faces and the animated chatter of the other yoga students after our session that I wasn’t the only one who experienced an absolutely blissful yet fulfilling sense of peace and relaxation.

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Fuelling this recent transition is the media barrage of images of the likes of Gwyneth and Madonna

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To battle school stress with both mind and body, more and more students are turning to the practice of yoga. The 5,000-year-old spiritual tradition is still prevalent and has become today’s latest mind and body trend.
Yoga is a vast collection of spiritual techniques aimed at connecting the mind, body and spirit. It roots back to the origin of a word meaning ‘union’ or ‘yoke’ in Sanskrit and is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy.
Practioners say yoga is based on certain immutable Laws of Nature. Students of yoga aspire to master liberation from worldly materials and the transcendence of desire to achieve a state of peace and enlightenment. The physical postures are meant to strengthen and purify the body while meditation focuses and connects it with the spirit.
Many people have turned to this spiritual practice for its rejuvenating effect on all the systems of the body. Yoga has become a serene sanctuary for people in a society that is fast-paced and unhealthy. Fifth-year ecology and evolutionary biology major and yoga participant, Terra Perkins said, ‘Yoga de-stresses [me].’
The growing popularity of yoga is much accredited to its therapeutic, physical, emotional and spiritual advantages. Bonnie Crotzer, a fourth-year dance major said, ‘It heals my body and refocuses my mind every time I go to [yoga] class.’
Fourth-year history major Zarin Panjarian says she took the class to ‘gain more flexibility.’
Yoga’s history has many areas of obscurity and uncertainty due to its oral transmission of sacred texts and the secretive nature of its teachings. Scholars divide its rich history into four main periods of development: Pre-Classical, Classical, Post-Classical and Modern Period. In the late 1800s, yoga masters traveled to the West and popularized Hatha yoga and the brilliant legacy of T. Krishnamacharya, a teacher of yoga.
The importation of yoga to the West continued at a trickle until Indra Devi opened a yoga studio in Hollywood in 1947. Since then, yoga’s popularity has been on an ultimate rise.
According to the Yoga Research and Education Center, in the 1960s, yoga was an attempt to get a drug-less high. Now, it has just become an ever-growing fad for stress management, body strengthening, and spiritual finding. As indicated by Bonnie and Zarin, yoga’s popularity has now heightened due to the new focus on lifestyle change and obsession with working out. Also, people are looking for a form of exercise that is gentle, yet effective.
Yoga is not about winning or losing; it is about the person. To many, yoga is the perfect solution to their problems. It is not only exercise but also a way of life. What interests people is that yoga is not a religion and doesn’t impose beliefs, but rather is an aid to the practice of the basic spiritual truths in all religions.
Celebrities like Madonna, Ricky Martin and Meg Ryan have aided yoga’s growing attractiveness. There are many different styles of yoga and a style to match every personality. People convey that yoga connects their bodies and minds to help them steer away from worldly matters and obsessions.
Today, yoga is popular among college students of all majors and even New University writers:

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