Many people associate yoga with its religious origins in India. But a growing trend of yoga practitioners are men and women of all ages, races and religious backgrounds. Ann Arbor instructor Frederic Ferri offers personal yoga training sessions in his Yoga Pro studio on Fountain Street. Ferri said he has taught yoga to people from all walks of life, including hockey players from the Detroit Red Wings. Actually, you will find people of all beliefs practice yoga and that it is very physical.
Yoga is an ancient form of exercise that involves meditation, relaxation and breathing.
The combination of these three elements results in the ability to form poses with the body that tone and strengthen muscles. Around town, yoga classes are not unusual. Many are offered throughout the community in the work place, private studios and even at the Central Campus Recreation Building. At first glance, yoga might appear to be unnatural, but instructors say there is nothing unusual about it at all. Donna Pointer, a certified yoga instructor, teaches at the Ann Arbor Senior Center and in her west side studio, Yoga the Iynegar Way.