Is Yoga a Good Business

If online yoga was a sure-fire business—sell the same content to thousands, add some merch—and that's a different story when you go offline. Yoga already sits in the "high-cost lifestyle" tier, and with the economy heading south, people will inevitably look for cheaper alternatives: following workout videos on a big TV at home, for instance. Then there's the time commitment, which means even fewer people can stick with it.

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