Search Results for 'Yoga'

Yoga Retreats And Yoga Teacher Training Courses Nepal

Yoga is a traditional practice of mental and physical discipline that originated in Nepal and North India that has become very popular worldwide, especially in recent times now that western people are more open minded towards Eastern medi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman loves yoga so much ...

ALBANY — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants to change an unjust world — through yoga. The state’s top lawyer and corruption fighter devoted office time to speak with California-based yoga activists who are lo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Paddle up now, it’s yoga time!

New York: Paddle boarding, an ancient form of surfing, is gaining popularity as a high-intensity, low-impact platform for group fitness classes from calisthenics to yoga. Experts say it may feel like walking on water because paddle boardi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Hindus want to take back yoga, say America needs to recogniz...

A Hindu organization is fighting to take back yoga, saying that America’s version of the practice has lost its meaningful roots. The Hindu American Foundation launched the “Take Back Yoga” campaign not to convert Western [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Is Yoga ‘Un-Islamic’?

CAIRO – Despite being popular among Americans as a stress-buster, Muslims are shying away from practicing yoga, citing its Hindu mantras and elements of worhsipping. “When I came here, I see there is yoga and everything, but w [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Yoga and Massage booths popular in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur: The yoga and massage booths have attracted a number of visitors at the Star Health Fair organized at the MidValley Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Association of Yoga Instructors booth saw visitors streaming [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Hot new yoga trends

This form of exercise has got more exciting to perform. Here are some hot trends: While once considered a new-age pastime for hippies, yoga is almost as mainstream as treadmills, with just about everyone from stockbrokers to celebrities u [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

`Yoga can cure every disease, but don`t universalise`

New Delhi: Yoga therapy can cure every disease and disorder, even cancer, says a Delhi-based yoga therapist but warns against the mass teaching of yoga - including popular pranayams like kapalbhati and anulom vilom - saying they "can [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Yoga cruises: salute the sun in the Mediterranean

Bent double, with both hands flat on the wooden deck, I squeezed my eyes shut and focused on lowering my heels into the perfect “downwardfacing dog” yoga pose. As the instructor murmured encouragement I took a deep breath, san [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Flexible yoga holidays in Formentera

"You are perfect exactly as you are. You have everything you need. Right here, right now." What I am doing right here, right now, is sitting cross-legged in a circle on a beach with each of my hands on the knee of the person sit [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Mind Thy Yoga

Two weeks ago I wrote an article featuring me in a weak version of a difficult pose: handstand scorpion. In the same article I hailed the research of a real live PhD from Berkeley who discovered that part of what makes yoga awesome is tha [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Tai Chi and Yoga Pass Mainstream Health Test

Does Evening Primrose relieve menopausal symptoms or premenstrual stress? Does Ginkgo biloba extract help prevent cognitive decline? Forty percent of Americans--a majority of them women--spend 10 percent of their out-of-pocket health c [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Radiance Yoga San Diego Announces Mindfulness, Yoga & Stress...

Beginning April 27, Radiance Yoga, San Diego, will offer an eight-week workshop in Mindfulness, Yoga & Stress Reduction on Friday evenings at their Mission Hills studio. Participants in the "experiential" workshop will cultivate [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Halifax Yoga expands to increase accessibility, community us...

Halifax Yoga is taking its sun salutations and downward dogs up a level. Work is underway for the Armdale yoga studio to expand into the former second-floor home of Cutans Hair & Tanning Salon and create a designated hot yoga studio. W [...]