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Olympic dreams: Six unlikely sports vying to make it to the Games
User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. Yoga teacher Kyoko Katsura demonstrates standing bow puilling, one of the poses that could be seen during the National Yoga Asana Championships in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Katsura will be a competing in the national competition which will take place from March 2-4 in New York City. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Yoga: Spiritual discipline... focused meditation... Olympic competition?

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Yes indeed, according to USA Yoga founder Rajashree Choudhury, who told the Associated Press she wants to see yoga asana, or posture, competition become an Olympic sport.

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The poses show "how someone can have perfect strength, balance, flexibility in the body," Choudhury said.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/media/olympic-dreams-six-unlikely-sports-vying-to-make-it-to-the-games/




 
 
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