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Yoga Yoga Founder Mehtab Benton Hosts Book Signing and Gong Concert
Book signing 6 p.m., gong concert 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 22, Yoga Yoga Westgate, 4477 S. Lamar.

Austin, Texas - (August 13, 2008) Yoga Yoga founder and Kundalini teacher Mehtab Benton will host a free book signing for his new book, Gong Yoga: Healing and Enlightenment through Sound, on Friday, August 22, from 6-6:30 p.m. at Yoga Yoga Westgate, 4477 S. Lamar. A gong concert at the same location is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., during which Benton will demonstrate the sound of the gong and its healing modalities. The fee for the gong workshop is $25. To register for the gong workshop, contact Yoga Yoga at (512) 358-1200 or events@yogayoga.com.

Gong Yoga: Healing and Enlightenment Through Sound, a comprehensive book about practicing and teaching yoga with the sound of the gong, covers the origin, history and use of the gong for yoga and meditation, as well as its current therapeutic applications for healing and transformation. To purchase a copy of the book Gong Yoga: Healing and Enlightenment through Sound, visit Yoga Yoga's online store at www.yogayoga.com. For information on Gong Yoga and Kundalini Yoga workshops and trainings with Mehtab Benton, visit www.gongyoga.com. For information about Yoga Yoga, visit www.yogayoga.com.

About Mehtab Benton
Mehtab Benton, a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer and an Experienced 500-Hour Registered Yoga teacher (ERYT-500), is the author of 11 books and over 100 articles on yoga, heath, diet and nutrition. A three-time presenter at the Southwest Yoga Conference and a recipient of the International Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Association "Building Communities in Yoga" award in 2000, Benton and his wife Guru Karam are the founding partners of the Yoga Yoga studios in Austin, Texas. Benton completed a Kundalini Yoga teacher-training program in 1974 at the Hargobind Ashram in San Rafael, California, where he taught Kundalini Yoga in public schools and drug rehabilitation programs. He is president of the Yoga Care Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports research, education and community outreach around the benefits and practice of yoga, and is a past board member for the 3HO Foundation, which is dedicated to spreading teachings of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Benton has an educational background in psychology with advanced training in Integrative Yoga Therapy. About Yoga Yoga, LLC Yoga Yoga is Austin's premier source for yoga with four locations and over 350 classes weekly. With more than 90 registered yoga teachers, Yoga Yoga provides a wide variety of yoga styles for new and continuing students, including prenatal, postnatal and children's yoga. Yoga Yoga Teacher Training offers a nationally recognized program with 200 and 500-hour courses approved by the Yoga Alliance. For more information, contact Yoga Yoga at (512) 358-1200 or visit www.yogayoga.com.
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