A series of "Lifestyle Yoga" classes will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays during March at the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center, 28 S. Linn St.

The holy city of Haridwar is fast developing as a yoga hub, thanks to Swami Ram Dev, the founder of Divya Yoga Mandir and a renowned Yogaguru.

New sessions of Hatha Yoga will begin at the Newport Recreation Center the week of March 3. A variety of classes will be available to suit different needs. Instructor Jean Volk teaches many traditional Iyengar as well as anusara poses in a flowing meditative approach.

Debra Galant. St. Martin's Press. 256 pages. $23.95. Debra Galant's new book is a comedy of modern life in a Jersey suburb. Nina is a yoga teacher whose studied calm on the job masks an out-ofcontrol domestic life.

Chandler's Desirée Rumbaugh wants everyone to be able to benefit from the healing aspects of yoga. She says that despite injuries, aches and pains or just being out of shape, yoga can help most people feel better, even if they start with the basics.

What to know when you start practicing yoga for the first time.

Simmons' Diary: My spring with the A's A's general manager Billy Beane, whose wife is a yoga instructor, is inspiring some players to try a different kind of pregame stretching.

New York State's math testing for 3rd through 8th graders begins next week. Some teachers inside our schools have found a way to calm students pre-test anxiety.

Circumstances landed them in Juvenile Hall and many are angry. Some have been traumatized by violence. Some are coming off addictions. Just about all worry about what is next in their lives. These extreme stresses experienced by incarcerated youths are why county health officials thought yoga would help. VIDEO: Incarcerated youth do yoga every morning

Nancy May teaches yoga in Elgin to Edgewater by Del Webb residents and Abbott Middle School teachers. The 56-year-old St. Charles resident also leads classes at The Centre of Elgin and on-site for employees of DSM Desotech Inc. and Richardson Electronics Ltd. Earlier this month, she was asked to lead a class for St. Charles North High School's boys track team.