Centre funding 16 yoga research projects – The Hindu

The Department of Science and Technology has funded a wide range of research institutions — including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Haridwar-based Patanjali Research Foundation, promoted by yoga proponent Baba Ramdev — to study the efficacy of yoga and whether it has a role in alleviating stroke, type-2 diabetes, Parkinson’s More...

PGI nursing institute to include yoga in extra-curricular activities of students | The Indian Express
The National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), the nursing institute of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), has decided to include yoga in the extra-curricular activities of More...

Road to Recovery: Is yoga the secret weapon for Olympic athletes? | WKYC.com
Yoga is not an Olympic sport, not yet anyway. The reality is it’s already a big part of these summer games. Athletes have brought their yoga mats all the way to Rio. For them, the practice is a huge part of More...

87-year-old woman says yoga helped her rid of hunchback | Fox News
When Anna Pesce was visiting her children in Wagener, SC, in November 2014, the then-85-year-old Orangeburg, NY, native almost collapsed trying to climb a set of stairs. “I had this horrible pain shooting up More...

Hundreds of people coming together to practice Yoga in Budapest made for a spectacular watch | The Indian Express
Just so you know, it is not just Modiji who gets all excited about Yoga. About 600 people came together to perform Yoga on Freedom Bridge in Budapest recently, in a bid to popularize the practice among people and More...

Yoga Classes Organised by Bengaluru Police for Troublemakers
Yoga is burgeoning in its popularity ever since the Union government took it upon itself to promote the ancient Indian practice in the country where it took root. Since its health benefits are widely acclaimed, More...

Jammu gets Yoga research centre | The Indian Express
An Advance Centre for Yoga Therapy and Research was inaugurated at the Government Medical College in Jammu on Friday. Minister for Health and Medical Education Bali Bhagat dedicated the centre to the public. He More...

Yoga classes for govt. school teachers – The Hindu
There was good response to the special yoga classes conducted by the district Educational Department for the benefit of teachers of government schools in Karimnagar town on Friday. The Educational Department conducted More...

Yoga nonprofit donates more than $1 million to Boston Children’s Hospital
Yoga Reaches Out, a nonprofit that raises money for children’s organizations through yoga events, presented Boston Children’s Hospital with a check for more than $1 million this week. The funds were raised More...

Yoga exponent to bring out an encyclopedia on yoga – Times of India
MANGALURU: Yoga exponent from coastal Karnataka K Raghavendra R Pai, who has 30 years of experience as a national and international resource person, is all set to bring out an encyclopedia on yoga, a first of its More...