With sunken, hallow eyes filled with despair, people line up for spare change across the streets of America. The pennies that they get are often all that they have to buy food or a few small things that they might need. It might seem impossible that hunger could be so commonplace in the richest country of the world, but it is. Many here have to live in poverty because they have lost…

The Yogi who opens a studio to extend the wisdom and traditions of this ancient healing body meditation of yoga has many opportunities to craft a unique stamp upon the studio. One way is through the aesthetics of the space, employing color, sound, scent, and light to make the studio communicate a vision. Another way is through hospitality. Offering tea, water, comfortable seating, and…