, "how yoga can wreck your body." that's quite a charge. more from nbc's chris jansing. >> reporter: all around the country, class is in session. far from its ancient origins in india, yoga has become a modern-day antidote to stress. >> om. >> reporter: its growing popularity is raising alarm. >> as a spine specialist i see a ton of yoga injuries. >> reporter: there are no definitive numbers, but a columbia university survey reveals injury to the lower back, shoulders, knees and neck and in some rare cases, yoga led to stroke. >> certain yoga positions put a lot of stress on the blood vessel to the brain. >> reporter: because of the risks, respected yoga instructor glenn black suggests that the vast majority of people should give up yoga all together. >> e-mails are saying i wish i could have had the courage to tell my teacher i just got hurt. >> reporter: he says many get hurt forcing themselves into positions they aren't ready to do. would you look at somebody like me and say, you're a classic, you should not be doi

he just can't get out and say yoga can kill you. he has to have something backing it up. >> he wrote a book where he really gets into yoga. they're saying if you move your neck a certain way it could maybe hinder passage of blood. >> a physical therapist, david, he also talked and he said. >> obviously, with more people doing a form of exercise you're going to have more injury. when they pick and choose, you know, the specific injuries, yes, some injuries like that do happen. >> william was contacted and he did release a statement saying that he is glad that his article has sparked debate about safety while working out. so in a way it's a good thing. >> yeah. >>> kitty in winter wonderland. ♪ ♪ >>> i want you to tell me if you think this is a bear or a man in a bear suit. >> oh! >> this is from the inside of a bus somewhere in south korea. some tourists got quite a view of this bear. >> oh, my god. >> that is a real bear. walking on its two feet. >> i know. >> for a second i did think it was someone in a bear costume, until i starte

yoga has exploded in popularity in this country.just 4 million a decade ago to an estimated 20 million today. less noticed? injures were going up just as fast. only a dozen reported in 2000, up to more than 5,500 in 2007. >> there are people who are too eager to do it too well too quickly. >> reporter: dr. fishman, like many physicians, say yoga is good for you when done correctly. but he says the quality of instruction is lacking. >> people are recruited into doing yoga and teaching yoga, who really are not fit to do so. >> reporter: the important thing is to know your body. i gave it a try to see what i was doing wrong. >> if you are much more rounded you could blow out your back. >> reporter: that's the difference between getting healthy and getting hurt. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> and still ahead, something delicious. you helped us learn it was made right here in new hampshire. following that fidelity green line? yeah, but it keeps leading me back to my old office. i think it might be broken. or maybe it's trying to t

here at sfo, bob redell, nbc bay area. >> our yoga expert.ou've reached a new high by taking your shoes off. that's a good first step, pal. >> now i have to get something for the smell. >> oh, come on! >> down facing dog. work on this. we'll get you a pamphlet and tell you how it works. >> i feel more relaxed now. >> yeah, right? >> great. >> let's talk about that forecast. >> all right. let's get right to it, because we have very interesting weather happening right now. you walk out the front door and you can see the bay bridge. a lot of clouds hanging out and same for san jose. you see the layered clouds throughout and it looks cool. you walk outside and it feels tropical out there. 64 in livermore and 63 degrees at 11:09 in san jose. some cities touching on the 70s and i'll let you know which ones and what's to come for the all-important weekend. we are so close now, guys. we have the forecast coming up and i think you'll like it. >> i am motivated. thank you very much. we're back in a moment. >>> this morning it's an old school reopening

when i first started doing yoga 12 years ago i came into the yoga studio with a lot of imbalance.ances were there. >> reporter: one year into practicing, she injured her hamstring but it wasn't all bad, she says. >> the same poses where i hurt myself, i was able to create healing and then the issues that i had from my badly broken leg from my accident has healed through yoga. >> reporter: in the article, he says that it can cause serious injury such as nerve damage, muscle damage, torn cartilage and even broken ribs. >> pulling these studies from the '70s with what sounded to me like people doing yoga were on their own in their dorm room, for instance, and without the guidance of a teacher. clearly they are legitimate. they are documented but i just think it was to support the side of the article how it can wreck your body but it was too specific and too almost unusual to show what really often happens. >> i'm one of the tens and millions of americans who practice yoga and while anyone can get into oppose, the yoga instructors we spoke to said the best way to avoid injury is to fi

have you ever been injured doing yoga? >> i have been injured doing yoga.hen i first started 12 years ago, i came into the yoga studio with a lot of imbalance in my body. i had been in an accident, and my body was sort of twisted and unaddressed imbalances that were there. >> reporter: one year in, she injured her hamstring and shoulder during routine poses. but the injury wasn't all bad, she says. >> the same poses where i hurt myself i actually was able to create healing. and then too the issues that i had from my badly broken leg from my accident have healed beyond kind of everyone's wildest dreams through yoga. >> reporter: in the article, "new york times" senior writer william j. broad writes that yoga can cause serious injuries such as nerve damage, strokes, muscle damage, torn cartilage, even cracked ribs. what really stands out to you? what do you think the article really got wrong? >> pulling studies from like the '70s with what sounded to me people who were doing yoga more kind of on their own, in their dorm room, for instance, and not with the gu

yoga to the women. cover it and when we got there we saw a normal classroom environment had been transformed into a yoga studio. they had pushed the chairs and tables back against the walls and set up their yoga mats against the great large window and really created a peaceful environment. >> now, use your breath. >> i been wanting to teach yoga in jail for a very long time. i found yoga is a wonderful, beneficial part of reducing the stress, but it also brings a sense of calmness and peace. you may find your mind is wandering. yoga is a way to control the scattered mind, the fluctuating mind. be your guiding force now. >> i don't believe any of the women had done yoga before so this was something really new for each one of them. afterwards, you could tell that they really got something out of it. it was more than just getting out of their cell for an hour. and it wasn't like the other, sort of classroom style programs they went to. the experience was really emotional for some of them. >> which part of

, torn cartilage and cracked ribs but many yoga instructors took issue with it saying the authors used that were out of date. >> i think a lot of the things described in the article could have been created from doing something over and over incorrectly, out of alignment or pushing way to hard in a pose. >> advocates for the benefits of yoga say it's not just about the physical workout you get but also a mental and spiritual exercise. >>> promising new treatments from people suffering from macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness for americans 60 and over. eating a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables, fish reduce the risk. >>> well, it's been just over a year sense congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot in the head at that community outreach event in tucson. today she returned to tucson to finish the event and announce she would be resigning from office. >>> researchers made some progress today in the wreckage of the cruise ship disaster. what authorities are fearing could happen. >>> and the race is down to four but three different candidates have one the first three

it's free and yoga mats are included. yoga instructors are not. all they ask is you keep your voice down and allow positive energy in. just like here at "early today." the new yoga room can be found just past the security line. >> wouldn't you want to bring your own yoga mat? that would be the new accessory. the airlines charge an extra $50. >> sounds about right. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> for pandas in china, it's training day for their biggest adventure yet. people gathered at a breeding facility to watch giant pandas learn to live in the wild. apples and other food are dangled from bamboo poles to exercise and strengthen the panda's hind legs for climbing trees. keepers say this will also raise their success at natural mating once released into the wild. >>> real life snow dogs hit the trail in the czech republic. almost 100 teams from eight countries are competing in the 16th annual dog sled race, considered to be the toughest in europe. they'll have to overcome 14

>> i have not seen the yoga room. >> reporter: we went to see it. a yoga room. a small slice of zen in terminal 2 where some travelers say it's needed most. >> airport is a high stress place so i think that it's a wonderful thinghave it here. >> reporter: it would be the first of its kind at san francisco airport and talking to some passengers they say their fellow travelers could use some sun salutations. >> getting your car, secure, tickets. >> i hate traveling. i like it on the plane but before and after is the worst. >> reporter: when it opens thursday, the yoga room will be free, mats included. >> i probably wouldn't use it. >> i would be curious to see if anybody used it. >> me, too. >> reporter: we were curious, too. and along came ben. >> flying coaches you have to be like a yogi. >> reporter: he spent a few minutes getting centers on his way to new york city and left flying high. >> just to take 10 minutes to calmly breathe, look at yourself and stretch out. >> reporter: even a few tsa agents told us they wouldn't mind doing some stretches here and some

you are looking at sfo's brand new yoga room which serves american airlines and virgin. they are asking people to remove shoes and respect the silence of the room. passengers can get in the zone before hopping on the flight. >> dimly lit, blue lighting space. >> this all came about because of passenger happened to mention it to you? >> that's right. i have also been practicing yoga for 18 years, so i have learned some of the benefits. >> having some opportunity to do five or 10 minutes when i have time and have to wait is nice, very nice. >> what a great thing, considering how stressful flying can be. parents and students are up in arms after a pennsylvania middle school gives a popular style of foot where the boat. administrators are saying that it is not the issu -- the shoe that force them to make the call but what students are hiding in them. >> not only are they warm, but it is a barely a great place to stash assault on. -- it is apparently a great place to stash a cellphone. >> it is distracting the class and stuff. >> the distraction of the cell phones and food ai

this is a specific type of yoga called restorative yoga. it is about holding a position like this for a long period of time in order to help the body to completely relax from the inside out. >> how does relaxing from the inside out help me lose the pounds? >> there are three main ways. the first really important one is doing something like this for a long period of time triggers the parasympathetic nervous system. >> ok. what's that? in english? >> commonly known for functions in the body, rest and digest. so, if she sits here for about ten minutes, that will trigger that response in her body and then what happens is functions like detoxification, elimination will happen more easily and the stress weight we might be holding on to will be able to let go. >> if we just do this, are there other positions we should adapt in the restorative yoga that will help? >> there are definitely many different positions you can do. i think a great way to start, especially in the new year when you're starting to make changes slowly, do something like this f

it's free and yoga matter are included. yoga instructors are not. all they ask is that you keep your voice down and you allow positive energy to flow in. fittingly the new yoga room can be found just past the security line. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. all kinds of stuff going on this morning. we have some light rain showers and sprinkles. the rain will pick up in intensity as later this morning. we have some thick fog and chilly temperatures in the northern suburbs. near 60 down towards d.c.. rain this morning and maybe a few thunderstorms and saddling down this afternoon. we will come back and check the seven-day forecast. >> a comfortable 51 degrees on tv hill. here's a look at what is coming up. >> new gingrich and mitt romney trading barbs. >> baltimore's mayor and the first later throwing their support behind a group. >> we will check on your morning commute. commute. [captioning made possible by conste

it's free and yoga matter are included. yoga instructors are not. all they ask is that you keep your voice down and you allow positive energy to flow in. fittingly the new yoga room can be found just past the security line. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> our time now is 4:28. we have 60, 60 degrees out there. this is stupid weather. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> did you say 60? >> 60 degrees outside now. >> by the way, it's january 27. >> the last weekend in january. >> goodness, gracious. i'm eun yang, good morning. >> i'm joe krebs. >>> today the woman convicted of killing a co-worker tlululemon store was sentenced to life. norwood's family and friends are fighting for her chance at parole. if norwood is given life with a chance for parole, she would have to serve at least 25 years before having a parole review. >>> right now police are trying to remove a body found in a well in prince george's county. an anonymous tipster told police that they could find a body in the 11900 block

, and pick on these girls for yoga pants.f the jeans are tighter, lower. >> there shouldn't be anything wrong with it. >> yesterday, dozens of students dawn the forbidden pants. it was a protest and some of them were punished with in school suspensions. the school says the students need to follow the dress code to prevent classroom disruptions. administrators are going to be talking with student leaders to work this all out next week. >>> she was shaking and having trouble breathing. that is what we now learned about demi moore the night she was rushed to the hospital. the information coming from a newly released 911 call, friends made that call monday night from moore's home in beverly hills. >> tell me exactly what happened there. >> she smoked something. it's not marijuana, but it's similar to. it's similar to inscent. and she seems to be having convulsions. >> is she awake? >> semiconscious, barely. >> by the time paramedics got there, moore was able to speak and was breathing more normally. just the same, she spent the n

i have also been practicing yoga for 18 years and i know the benefits. >> i have back pain, and yoga is great for that. having the opportunity to tuck in and do five or ten minutes has been nice, very nice. >> there are no instructors. no classes, but sfo does provide the yoga mats. it is open 24/7, free and open to the public. again, just past security here in terminal two. here at sfo, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. a part of san francisco history reopened today. original joes may be newark but it has an old soul. the restaurant held a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new location in north beach. it may be brand new, but the regulars will notice something familiar. the bricks behind the bar of the original location were chipped away and installed as a fireplace in the new restaurant, and the original stools now line the counter. it opened in 1934, but burned in a fire four years ago. now, to get more behind the scenes look at the bay area icon, go to nbcbayarea.com and search joes. >> i'm ready to go. >> still ahead at 5:00, from the gridiron to the chalkboard, one of the 49ers has tr

she's going to teach you how to become -- >> yoga. >> she's sitting. right? >> we take a seated posture in the chair. this is really for when you're on a train, plane, automobile, when you're traveling, when you don't feel like you have enough energy to do mat work. we're on the chair. so hands on your knees. and we're going to breathe. just be very sensitive and present with your breathing. we don't breathe nearly enough in life. we breathe very shallowly. become very conscious of your breath. >> breathe from way down and up or just relax. >> just be present with where it is for the moment. and now we're going to take a deeper breath and breathing in we're going to take an arch forward and curling back, curling back. >> curl, joanie. >> the lower spine, joanie. right back into the back of the chair. excellent. bring your weight forward and curling into that arch and arching forward. >> in our last seconds, please tell us about your new dvd. >> this is the one we're doing now from weight loss yoga. we're going to take a side arch righ

. >>> millions of women and even men try and center their lives with yoga. and now that you practice it at san francisco international airport, it's the first airport yoga room. exercise experts say doing yoga or stretching at the airport is a a great idea because sitting for hours on a plane can be dangerous for your help. i do yoga from time to time and it's relaxing and that's a great idea. do you try it? >> i tried it and identities taxing and you have to be flexible but that's an excellent idea especially this morning because we could see delays with the rain and maybe some thunderstorms as well. let's show you what's going on out here. temperature wise, this is one of the reasons why we are getting thunderstorms this morning. we are very mild. you can see it coming from the south working north word. baltimore at 50 right now. but once the warm front really gets through, temperatures are going to be close to # 0 degrees this morning. so that's -- 06 degrees this morning. so that's why you will see rum -- 60 degrees this morning. sea that's why you will

. >> viajar en el aeropuerto de san francisco será muy relajado, se podrá practicar yoga en el aeropuerto este proyecto de yoga. >> se revisirá la eficiencia del aeropuerto. >> el tema de la inmigración es importante para los candidatos presidenciales. >> y han dejado en claro sus posiciones. >> luck dijo que estaba de acuerdo que los elegales mejoren su estatus. >> está dispuesto a establecer un estricto control en la frontera con méxico y debe ser en el aspecto más radical en el tema de inmigración. >> no está de acuerdo que los hijos de indocumentados que nazcan en estados unidos no deberían ser ciudadanos. >> romney, se opone a cualquier reforma que legalice a ilegales, sin importar tiempo que están en estados unidos, está de acuerdo con una valla fronteriza. >> barack obama minimizó incidente con el desencuentro que fue captado. >> no se pierda la entrevista de magdalena salinas a bob barack obama:. >> continúan rescates en el edificio que se desplomó en brasil. >> y a la vuela el pronóstico del tiempo. >> (♪ ♪) . >> et . >> los socorristas rescataron 3 cuerpos del edificio colapsado

we'll check out a new workout that combines martial arts, dance and yoga. relieve stress and tone the body. the real-life red tails. look at the life of a tuskegee airman and how his legacy is hitting the big screen. how the ballerina accomplished things no one has before. >>> it seems like just yesterday there was a huge frenzy over h1n1, but doctors said there are other sneaky viruses causing a lot of symptoms this year. doreen explains what to watch out for in "news4 your health." >> it's a miserable week, coughing nonstop. just not -- no energy at all. >> feeling horrible, feeling achy, just everything. all the stuff that comes with the season. >> so far this year, doctors say they haven't seen many cases of the flu. at the health system in virginia, physicians say there's been about 15 cases each month since flu season started. >> flu hasn't hit yet. flu, our experience with flu right now is that it's kind of flat. and it's going to tick up shortly. >> reporter: dr. john howell, a physician at the pediatric emergency room said he expects flu cases to s

it's the world's first airport yoga room. exercise experts say doing yoga or stretching at the airport is a great idea because sitting for hours on a plane can be dangerous for your health. i think it's a great idea i tried it and it's hard to do the poses, but it's good exercise. >> i've done it before but i am too hyperfor you. you know what i -- hyper for you. you know what i mean. it's good to have it at the airport because we could see delays this morning because of the rain. we have the rain and we have the fog. but, we are dealing with the winds this morning. we can see the winds turning to the south. that's indicative of the warm front that's past through dc and easton. salisbury around 16-mile-an- hour sustained wind. so we are going to get breezy going throughout the day. we will have the cold front pass through the area as well. and the breezes will be sticking around. make sure to be prepared for what we are going to be getting going throughout the day. the satellite and radar, well, the rain pass through and some

a yoga room, a first for any in the u.s.ers can enter the zen room, free of charge and they have yoga mats available. also free. >> after going through airport security, it might be a nice thing to do. >>> 6:48 is the time, back to the commute. >>> you may need yoga, this will bring stress levels up, i want to show you pictures of 80 westbound, it is not nearly as bad as it was yesterday and we had that horrible crash in richmond and it was slow but all these people are actually getting through to the bay bridge toll plaza and people were stuck there. everyone talks about the toll plaza. steve has been mentioning some fog and low clouds over the bay area and also looking relatively good on interstate 880 heading south from hayward to union city and fremont. >> all of them go to san jose, all the visibility dropping at fso and you can see from the webcam, from the state meteorology department is showing a foggy view. we start off with foggy conditions, very mild, a lot of 50s and temperatures -- they are not going to cool off

own for the big yoga conference.yoga for people who are not doing it like me can get some >> now what is in this dvd is the different schools of yoga.. >> our mission is to tell you that you can do your of regardless. how >>reporter: give me an example of what people can do at home simply. bruce will give me a sense of what the benefit is? >> a lot of people have stress in their lives and one of the great things is to move the arms. almost anyone can do this. you stretch the elbow and men in st.--and lengthen the body. you prepare laid down. >> review also get rid of that middle bu noteldge. >> get a full list of this side of the body. now a little turned up, open and left. >>pam: don't hold your breath, and make your legs and strong and breathe easy. >> you are not reading your face turning red. who's to >> that a show you a standing pose. marie and >> there are a lot of standing poses. and at one of >> standing close is create a lot of controversy hearing and short--of standing poll this created a lot of controvers

he was doing yoga. of these other guys lifting weights, doing pushups, trying to build themselves up, and he was doing a deliberate exercise, yoga. and we later found out that his yoga played an incredible role in his story he told us later. >> i escaped from a secure compound in northeast correctional. i packed myself up in some boxes and shipped myself out. i was part of the warehouse crew. yeah. i've taken yoga for several years, and i just squeezed myself in there. in a very cramped position. brought some water with me. about an hour and a half before they shipped me out they put me in back -- in the back of the truck and took me to north carolina and they caught me while i was trying to get out of the truck. >> king has been told he will most likely serve the rest of his life sentence in brushy mountain's maximum security unit. >> i guess they believe that i'm an extreme escape risk because of my military background and because of my escape attempt. >> now the exercise cage where king practices yog

, el área servirá para que los pasajeros practiquen yoga en un lugar más tranquilo. >>> el jueves en de mac. >>> ya regresamos con la acción deportiva ♪. ♪. >>> el real madrid jugó muy bien ayer, pero no pudo con el barça. >>> muy mal, vamos con alejandro luina y más de la acción deportiva. >>> hola, ¿qué tal amigos?, le daremos los detalels de la nba, porque los clippers de los Ángeles jguaron ante los grizzlies, después el de paul, otros 3 puntos, ganaron 98 a 91, griffin con 20 puntos vamos ahora a la llegada de los protagonistas del clásico doble, los primeros de guatemala, todos están listos para dar gusto, a los que darán visión a este clásico en el sur de california. >>> llevamos 4 fechas, ayer jugamos clásico contra el mismo rival que vamos a enfrentar, vamos a tratar de ganar nuevamente. >>> tenemos jugadores seleccionados ambos equipos, así que sería bueno que lo vieron. >>> hoy se presentó a ignacio ambriz ,como el nuevo director técnico de las chivas de guadalajara, su continuidad depende de sus resultados en el 2012. >>> tambiéñn muchas gracias a l gente que participó co

. >>> how about yoga for the aching back. a study tracked 300 with back pain, some tried yoga, others tried other pain control. the yoga had the most improvement as their back got stronger. >>> the l.a. county sheriff's office won't call him a suspect yet but since they took one man into custody, a string of fiery explosions has come to a stop. since last week, somebody started more than 55 suspicious fires across hollywood damaging buildings and homes for days crews have been battling walls of flames in some places. early this morning deputies took a man into custody for questioning, only calling him a person of interest. they also towed a minivan with a canadian license plate. >> the driver resembled a person of interest seen in a videotape released by the multiagency arson task force. >> our task force is continuing to work around the clock. our detectives have hundreds of clues, hundreds of leads and dozens of people left to interview. >> most of the fires were set in carports or garages right next to apartment buildings.

. >>> yoga pants are comfy. they come in different colors but should they be banned from being worn in school. that's happening in spring branch, texas. students say they like wearing them. they had a protest which ended with some in detention. >> they want to pick on these girls for yoga pants. >> honestly, a lot of the jeans they wear are a lot tighter, lower. >> the students will meet with school leaders next week. >>> this weekend the 11th annual pet show rolls into town. they feature amazing dock diving dogs. they will compete at the timonium fairground. for more information head to the featured story on our website, abc2news.com. >>> a high speed chase in the wrong direction. we want you to check out the video as the driver passes the police on the wrong side of the road. what was going on with the driver? >> from chasing a bad driver to wrangling a owny. the effort it took to get this horseback to greener pasture. >>> new video from washington state as police chase a driver going the wrong way down a free

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today officials unveiled the first airport yoga room.he zen location is in the new terminal 2 just past the screening area. the airport director says the idea came from an anonymous passenger. >> she suggested this terminal has everything. everything is pr. but you need a little yoga room where people can stretch and relax. so we took that charge and here it is. >> and john martin as been doing it for years so he knows exer size physiologists say it's a great idea because sitting on a plane for hours can be dangerous to health. >> and downward dog edition digs. >> there is u.s. figure skating championships. and this is amazing balance and skill. tonight is the opening ceremonies followed by ladies' short program and they're looking strong this year. the championship run through sunday in san jose. >> and sure he would be out there. >> and coming up next, youngest artist to put her heart into a design. >> oscars coming up fast for best videos and buzz. log on to s s >>> new at 6:00 tonight a war veteran won two medal that's cost him a pro

i was doing my yoga in the early evening. we ended up in the yoga class. we didn't do anything in the front. four or five gangsters behind me, doing the same movements. honestly, you couldn't make it up. >> there has to be a relationship developed with the captor. not inciting the captors. not getting them more nervous. beginning to understand what it is they want. if you can understand what it is they want, you may be able to facilitate your own release. >> by all rights, they should have taken us out. >> reporter: don mann, a former member of navy s.e.a.l. team 6, the same unit that rescued buchanan, was once a hostage himself, along with three other s.e.a.l.s, when they were caught by more than a dozen armed men during a mission. >> fortunately for us, we talked ourselves out of that one. you have to stay calm. you don't want to appear to be a threat. you don't want to be threatening in any way. and you have to immediately start thinking of a way to escape. >> reporter: escape, however, is not always an option. >> these hostages were blindfolded where t