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Inclusion Criteria: Adults 18 years of age or older. We will include all consecutive consenting patients with IPF who are able to provide informed consent and are seen and followed at the Center for Interstitial Lung Disease at the University of Washington Medical Center. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects with comorbid diseases that would prohibit them from taking part in yoga will be excluded at the discretion of the clinical-investigators. Such comorbid diseases would include paralysis, musculoskeletal discomfort that would interfere with participation or broken limbs. Since we are interested in the effect of yoga among subjects with IPF, we will exclude subjects who have previously received lung transplantation. To assess the effect "new" or "initial" participation in a yoga program with breathing exercises on quality of life, subjects who are regularly participating in yoga (outside of the study) will be excluded.