FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2018 file photo, yoga enthusiasts take part in the Pittsburgh Yoga Expo, at the Pittsburgh Opera building in Pittsburgh. A new report says more Americans are doing yoga and meditation - including kids. A government survey last year found 14 percent of adults said they had recently done yoga, and the same percentage had recently done meditation. That’s up from 9.5 percent and 4 percent from a similar survey that was conducted five years earlier. For kids ages 4 through 17, the latest survey found 8 percent had recent done yoga, up from 3 percent. About 6 percent did meditation, which was similar to the earlier survey. (Matt Freed /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
November 07, 2018 - 9:15 PM
NEW YORK - If you can do a downward-facing dog, you're among the increasing numbers of Americans doing yoga.
A new report says more adults — and even kids — are practicing yoga and meditation.
A government survey conducted last year found 14 per cent of adults said they had recently done yoga, and the same percentage had recently meditated. That's up from about 10 per cent and 4 per cent from a similar survey done five years earlier.
For kids ages 4 through 17, about 8 per cent had recently done yoga, up from 3 per cent. For meditation, it was about 6 per cent, similar to the earlier survey.
Experts say yoga, meditation and some other forms of complementary medicine have been increasingly promoted as ways to reduce stress and anxiety and improve health.
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