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Hong Kong's pampered pooches take yoga classes

Hong Kong's pampered canines may have their own spas complete with jacuzzis and massage, but it can still be difficult for a dog to find inner peace. Help is now at hand in the shape of yoga instructor Suzette Ackermann and her yoga c [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

The Catholic experiment to make yoga popular

Efforts to take yoga to the masses is nothing new. But they remain largely restricted to trained instructors and camps. In a rare initiative here, benefits of the ancient discipline are being publicised in a school exhibition. A 6,000- [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

First Yoga in the Park doesn't disappoint organizers

Dozens of people with varied yoga experience combined their energy to make the first Yoga in the Park event a success. With Barbara Kosciewicz of High Street Yoga providing the yoga instruction, the large crowd gathered on the island in M [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Chronic Pain Study: Guess Which Alternative Therapy Is Most ...

Chronic pain affects 116 million Americans and, unfortunately, finding the remedy to this pain is not always simple. Just ask any of the millions who take the traditional pain medications and still can’t shake their aches. For that [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Power yoga for weight loss

Power Yoga is a derivative of Ashthanga Yoga to make Yoga more accessible to the Western audience and to make it easier to adapt. Ashthanga Yoga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of post [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Penetrating Postures: The Science of Yoga

This is the first of a two-part series on yoga: the next will look at the psychological changes that yoga has been shown to bring about. Judging from the number of yoga mats I’ve seen toted around Manhattan in the last 15 years [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Chennai Police books 7 Europeans for running sex yoga centre

The Chennai Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against seven Europeans running a controversial yoga centre in the city. The police action comes a day after Headlines Today aired a report on the activities of the centre, which all [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Some yoga professionals resist possible regulation

A group of yoga professionals is pressing state lawmakers to keep government regulation out of their business. In the past few years, the Texas Workforce Commission has begun sending letters to programs that train yoga instructors, advis [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

US Army incorporates yoga in training

The US Army has introduced yoga for the first time in its physical fitness regimen. The changes in its "combat readiness test" are being made as part of an overhaul of its fitness programme for the first time in 30 years, the C [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga retreats becoming popular world over

Yoga retreats, some charging as much as 4495 dollars, are becoming popular world over. Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat in Queensland (Australia) is said to be a destination to soothe your soul and may cost up to 4265 dollars for seven days. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Using power of yoga to heal pain

When Jenny Hopkins was thrown from her bike last year and shattered her arm and broke her pelvis, it was yoga that helped her deal with the pain and healing process. “Yoga is an integral part of my exercise routine,” [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga helping in corporate world

Instead of going out for drinks or dinner after work, many co-workers in New York City are going to exercise. In an article in New York Post, corporate consultant Amy Hedin noticed many of her clients using yoga to boost their careers. O [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

In Yoga, Touch Is for Teaching and Support

Q. What is the purpose of touch in yoga? A. Touch is a teaching tool. It’s another method of informing and guiding students and of being helpful to them. Through the teacher’s touch, students can sense more clearly what the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Power crunch: advanced yoga pose requires training

When Toronto-based Samantha Pynn, contributing design editor for Style at Home magazine and host of TV’s Pure Design, takes on a fitness regimen, expect a modern twist. By rotating heart-thumping cardio with flowing power yoga, she [...]