Yoga battlefield
| Image: Google Maps | Published: February 01, 2008
It will come as no surprise to those who view Vancouver as a haven for the fit and spacily spiritual that the city is a hotbed of yoga. But they might be surprised at ferocity of the competition.
In this month's BCBusiness, Valerie McTavish peers inside cutthroat world of Vancouver's yoga industry. Will there be enough runoff to sustain the growing concentration of studios? she wonders.
The three images below should help you get your mind around the scale of the yoga phenomenon in British Columbia. Namaste.
Methodology: Listings of studios and business on Google Maps were cross-referenced with local telephone listings. Representation: one 'balloon' to one studio or business.
Distribution of yoga studios and businesses throughout B.C.
Distribution of yoga studios and businesses throughout the Lower Mainland.
The epicentre of Canada's yoga boom: Vancouver, B.C.
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