Interest for research in yoga, naturopathy on the upswing | The Hindu
The benefits of alternative practices such as yoga and naturopathy are polarising topics in the scientific and medical community and more research is needed in these areas, say experts. However, there is an increased More...
50,000 yoga professionals to be certified in 3 years | The Hindu
Standards in services sectors will soon be made a critical component at the levels of the Union and the State governments with particular focus initially on yoga and healthcare, says the Commerce Ministry. In a More...
Proposal for yoga, culture courses not rejected: JNU teachers’ | Business Standard News
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) today said the varsity has not rejected the proposal to introduce certificate courses in yoga and Indian culture and was deliberating it even More...
Proposal for yoga, culture courses in JNU rejected again
Following various communications from the HRD Ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC), JNU had last year circulated a draft of three courses among its various schools and departments for their feedback. JNU’s More...
How Yoga Changes the Brain – Scientific American
Yoga seems to bestow mental benefits, such as a calmer, more relaxed mind. Now research by Chantal Villemure and Catherine Bushnell of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Bethesda, More...
Beyond Yoga: Explore Life Inside a Hindu Spiritual Center
Every year, people of all ages, races, and creeds journey from around the world to reach Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, a secluded forest ashram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. There, they spend three years More...
View From The Right: Politics of yoga | The Indian Express
The editorial in Organiser, “Shirshasana with political glasses on,” comments on those leaders who “preferred either to boycott Yoga Day or uproot it from the Bharatiya roots”. It says “some people with More...
Yoga turns the tide for businessman – The New Indian Express
KOCHI: Some two years back Gary R Markham, 55, the chief executive of LSG, a UK-based tech company which has a big centre in Infopark, Kakkanad, was finding life pretty stressful. Lot of changes, he says, were More...
Indian Embassy in Bangkok hosts yoga workshop by RSS pracharak | The Indian Express
RSS pracharak and international joint coordinator of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), V Ravi Kumar Iyer, conducted a yoga workshop at the Indian Cultural Centre, a unit of the Indian Embassy in Bangkok, on Tuesday. Iyer, More...
The Science Is In, And Meditation May Be The Next Big Business Opportunity – Forbes
Gary Vaynerchuk, the vocal social media entrepreneur, says meditation is going to be the “next big business wave.” And why shouldn’t it be? Increased creativity, improved focus, reduced stress and anxiety More...