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Yoga’s popularity, by the numbers

15.8 million

(6.9% of the adult population)

The number of US adults who practice yoga.

27.8%

Of US adults practicing yoga, the percentage who are men.

50-plus

The number of men who participate in the “Turkey Squad” yoga program that was started earlier this year at Roots to Wings studio in Byfield.

39 pounds

The amount of weight Mike Houlihan of Roots to Wings has lost since starting yoga.

SOURCES: Yoga Journal, Roots to Wings.