MNS propses all corporators to do yoga
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has proposed that practising yoga should be made compulsory for all corporators in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). In a notice of motion, MNS corporator Sandeep Deshpande suggested that corporators should be made to do asanas and surya namaskar on five days in a month along with civic school students. More...
Heavy pouring prevents schools from organising Yoga programme
Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde had asked the schools across the state to observe the 21st of every month as yoga day. However, due to heavy pouring and exams, schools in Mumbai failed to organize yoga More...
Response to Idiots on what Scientific means by Rajiv Malhotra
IDIOT 1: “Yoga is scientific, therefore it is equally valid in any religion.” RESPONSE: Gravitation is scientific. But not all bridge designs are reliable. Some bridges collapse because their design in flawed More...
India’s Craze for Ayurveda Is Producing Billionaires – WSJ
A yoga teacher clad in white robes and often seen meditating on the banks of the Ganges is the latest to join the billionaires club in India. But Acharya Balkrishna is no ordinary yoga teacher. He controls Patanjali More...
Delhi govt teachers to go on yoga training at Ramdev’s school
The Delhi government will send physical education and yoga teachers for training to Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth (Trust) in Uttarakhand. The government has nominated teachers and said the training will help them More...
It’s time yoga became an Olympic sport
India’s grim performance at the Rio Olympics had me wondering why a nation of 1.3 billion only manages to procure two medals. Poor infrastructure and lack of government funding support are obvious reasons, but More...
Yoga becoming popular in western countries, says Baba Ramdev – India News
Washington, Aug 25 : Yoga is gathering tremendous increase in popularity by changing people’s lifestyle that could help in reducing the present day conflicts based on ideologies, culture and religion, Baba More...
Monthly Yoga Day in Maharashtra with Patanjali, Art of Living: Parties smell saffron agenda : India, News – India Today
After the decision to celebrate the International Yoga Day in schools ran into a controversy, yet another decision of the Maharashtra state government has attracted the ire of many. The Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra More...
Patanjali to hold monthly yoga sessions in schools |Hindustan Times
After creating a space for them in the fast-moving consumer goods market, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali will now enter Mumbai schools. On Thursday, the state’s school education department asked schools to “co-operate” More...
‘Stiff’ Beauden Barrett credits yoga and pilates with loosening him up
Beauden Barrett credits greater flexibility for his stunning recent form. Don’t panic, Beauden Barrett hasn’t gone all Beatles on us. No band worth their salt in the 1960s and 70s failed to make More...