Namaste, IPA: Stressed Out in Yoga Class? Have a Beer

Workouts in breweries have students balancing pints during poses; ‘beer gives you an extra point of focus.’

Keri Stein tried to incorporate yoga into her routine for years. However, she found most yoga classes stressful. “I felt this pressure to do every pose perfectly.”

Then she found something that helped. Beer.

“Inhale, the aroma of hops. Exhale, sink more deeply into your side lunge,” her instructor said on a recent day. “Inhale, raise your...