Video Classics: Indian teacher sets record performing yoga on moving motorcycle | Guinness World Records

Each week here on guinnessworldrecords.com, we’ll be dipping into our extensive video library to bring you a classic piece of record-breaking action. Yoga is challenging enough on flat ground, but to set a record for the Most consecutive yoga positions on a motorcycle you have to be a master of the discipline. Hong Kong-based yoga teacher Yogaraj More...
Of meditation and austerity: Kejriwal retreats into 10-day refuge in Himachal | india-news | Hindustan Times
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday took a 10-day break for a course in vipassana, one of the ancient meditation techniques of India, at a centre in Dharamkot, a village near Dharamsala in Himachal More...

Indian prisoners practice yoga to relieve stress | Reuters
BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH – A prison in central India on Thursday (July 29) organized a yoga camp to help inmates cope with stress and depression. At least a hundred inmates of Central Prison, Bhopal, stretched More...

Haryana To Open Yoga Centres At Municipal Level
Chandigarh: Yoga centres will be opened in all municipal committees, councils and corporations in Haryana, state Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday.In its first phase, one yoga centre More...

NexGTv’s Yoga app is useful in understanding the concept – Livemint
Yoga as a form of exercise and mediation is practised by many, but the emphasis put by the National Democratic Alliance government has made it a global phenomenon. While occasions like Yoga Day can inspire many More...

Chinese researchers conclude yoga benefits diabetes patients – HJS
Researchers at China’s Binzhou Medical University, Xuzhou Central Hospital and Donghua University have concluded that yoga benefits adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), said to be one of most More...

Around 1,900 BSF men begin yoga session at Baba Ramdev’s Haridwar facility | The Indian Express
At least 1,900 personnel from country’s largest border guarding force BSF on Saturday began a special yoga training under the tutelage of Baba Ramdev at his facility in Haridwar. The session will go on for More...

Mallakhamb: The Hardest Sport You’ve Never Heard Of – The Wire
Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian traditional sport. The word ‘malla’ means gymnast and ‘khamb’ means pole. The earliest mention of the sport can be traced back to the 12th century, where it is mentioned More...

Yoga to be introduced in all schools soon: Minister – The Hindu
Health and sports:Minister for Industries and SportsE.P. Jayarajan and former Minister V.S. Sivakumar playing badminton at the inaugural function of 17 clubs at the Government Central High School at Attakulangara More...

Yoga protocol to fight diabetes likely next month | BST
The AYUSH ministry is likely to issue a detailed standard yoga protocol for prevention and treatment of diabetes by next month, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal last month to focus on the treatment More...