What Price Nirvana?

Various states of these here United ones are going to crack down on schools that certify yoga teachers.

According to the New York Times:

The conflict started in January when a Virginia official directed regulators from more than a dozen states to an online national registry of schools that teach yoga and, in the words of a Kansas official, earn a “handsome income” in the process. Until then, only a few states, like Wisconsin, had been aware of the registry and had acted to regulate yoga instruction.

Now of course you can be sure that states don't really give a shit if the person who teaches you how to do a downward facing dog is actually competent. They're in it for the money, natch.

Needless to say, this has created an uproar in an endeavor known for its pursuit of Nirvana. As you may or may not know, yoga was invented so that more time could be spent in meditation.

At least New York is going to suspend the effort to license schools teaching yoga and add it to a list of activities that don't have to be licensed.

As another famous Yogi opined, "It ain't over till it's over."