{"id":15426,"date":"2017-04-14T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T04:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=15426"},"modified":"2017-04-11T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T22:14:48","slug":"yoga-tai-chi-librarians-already-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/yoga-tai-chi-librarians-already-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga, Tai Chi Research Shows Public Librarians Already Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yoga: the numbers are in<\/h2>\n

According to a recent ALA-YaTsALL (Yoga and Tai Chi Sessions for America\u2019s Limber Librarians) survey, 21% of librarians are now offering public yoga and tai chi sessions. \u00a0Statistically, this marks the highest level of public library interest in fitness in recorded history.\u00a0 \u201cIt only made sense, really\u201d says lead researcher Ben Denstretch.<\/p>\n

\"Researcher
Researcher, Ben Denstretch<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe have already been doing yoga and tai chi all these years. We simply had to put names with the repetitive poses we perform during\u00a0our daily work.\u00a0 Hatha<\/a>, ashtanga<\/a>, even bikram\u00a0when the a\/c goes out \u2013 we\u2019ve done it all!\u201d<\/p>\n

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As a result, the increased popularity of yoga and tai chi in libraries has decreased membership in gyms. \u00a0Sadly, local chambers of commerce<\/a> have noted this shift: \u201cMany former instructors are struggling, and switching industries\u201d.\u00a0 One instructor says, \u201cIt\u2019s good that I double majored.\u00a0 I still have massage therapy to fall back on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Future of Massage Therapy and Libraries<\/h2>\n

These are\u00a0in fact prophetic words.\u00a0 State librarian, Oma Gutness says,<\/p>\n

\"Oma
Oma Gutness<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOh!\u00a0 Massage therapy?\u00a0 Yes, at every conference<\/a>, we always\u00a0have massage therapists on hand for our attendees!\u201d \u00a0Currently, librarians are taking advantage of online databases – that tax payers pay for<\/a> – that demonstrate massage therapy techniques<\/a>.\u00a0 One bubbly\u00a0librarian says, \u201cWe are expanding our programming reach into the untapped demographic of desk weary executives who would otherwise not patronize libraries.\u00a0 I mean, who doesn\u2019t want a massage after a hard day of spreadsheets and email?!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Below, Chart A demonstrates common public library yoga poses. \u00a0Chart B demonstrates common library Tai Chi movements.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy your work.\u00a0 You are already masters.\u00a0 Namaste.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chart A:<\/h3>\n

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\"Public<\/p>\n

Chart B:<\/h3>\n

\"Public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yoga: the numbers are in According to a recent ALA-YaTsALL (Yoga and Tai Chi Sessions for America\u2019s Limber Librarians) survey, 21% of librarians are now offering public yoga and tai chi sessions. \u00a0Statistically, this marks the highest level of public library interest in fitness in recorded history.\u00a0 \u201cIt only made sense, really\u201d says lead researcher Ben Denstretch. \u201cWe have already been doing yoga and tai chi all these years. We simply had to put names with the repetitive poses we perform during\u00a0our daily work.\u00a0 Hatha, ashtanga, even bikram\u00a0when the a\/c goes out \u2013 we\u2019ve done it all!\u201d   As a result, the increased popularity of yoga and tai chi in libraries has decreased membership in gyms. \u00a0Sadly, local chambers of commerce have noted this shift: \u201cMany former instructors are struggling, and switching industries\u201d.\u00a0 One instructor says, \u201cIt\u2019s good that I double majored.\u00a0 I still have massage therapy to fall back…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":15432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1103,16,38,30,1],"tags":[1224,592],"class_list":["post-15426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogger-jonathan-dolce","category-professional-reading","category-programming-ideas","category-projects-research","category-uncategorized","tag-tai-chi","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}