 This caused yoga to evolve as a female practice, taught by women to women.By 2019, yoga had become "massively popular" in Britain, to the extent that its practice was altogether "unremarkable"; some 500,000 people practise it regularly each week, and as many as 3 million have at least tried it.In 1993, the Sports Council gave the British Wheel of Yoga the status of "National Governing Body" for yoga as a "sports activity", effectively taking control away from local authorities.