
Manila’s yoga community celebrates ‘the great connector’
Considering that yoga as a philosophy has been around for some 5,000 years, this has certainly been a long time coming. Formerly the province of hippies and New Age groupies, the Indian belief system has spread all over the world and hit the mainstream as a healthful practice, a way to a tranquil mind, a good “workout” (although serious practitioners would probably cringe at the word) and—more cringing ahead—a billion-dollar industry involving exclusive retreats, designer apparel and its share of controversy.