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More than a fitness fad:
Yoga as medicine

By Gail Dubinsky, MD

Yoga, an ancient practice from India, has exploded in popularity over the last 20 years. When I first relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sonoma County and began teaching yoga in 1990 at a health club in Cotati, there were virtually no other local gyms that offered yoga classes. At first, there were weeks when only two or three people showed up. Looking to teach in Sebastopol,…