December 2, 2009 7:39AM 

# Virginia Messes With Yoga Instructors’ Chi 

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

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Not to be too much of a megaphone for the Institute for Justice, but the “merry band of litigators” has struck again, this time [going after](http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3008&Itemid=165) the rigid rules stopping Virginians from finding inner peace. It seems that in the fair commonwealth, you need a permit to teach yoga, which process entails paying $2500 and getting your “curriculum” approved by state bureaucrats, as well as other barriers to entry. For more details, see IJ’s [case page](http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3005&Itemid=165) and read [this editorial](http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/columnists/article/ED-HINKLE01_20091130-180204/308708/) in the *Richmond Times-Dispatch*.

Also, [check out IJ’s video](http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2997&Itemid=165):

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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