Severna Park High teacher loses 184 pounds via yoga program

Fourteen months ago, Arthur Boorman, 47, needed two canes and knee and back braces to walk.

Later his knees swelled up with a post-operative infection. When a doctor suggested amputation, Mr. Boorman stubbornly refused to continue his therapy, probably damaging his limbs further.

Then his eating habits got him into a deeper quandary. In the military he weighed 180 pounds but by the mid-2000s, he tipped the scales at 340 pounds.

Today, the Brooklyn Park resident weighs a wiry, muscular 156 pounds and is able to...