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...
How new-age ‘gurus’ turned yoga into a business, distorted its Hindu roots
An unfortunate but widespread phenomenon today with regard to several fundamental aspects of Hinduism is that we now need to produce elaborate evidence for things accepted as evident truths, handed down by Bharata’s More...
Nithya Yoga joins World Yoga Day 2016 in Bengaluru, India
On International Yoga Day, June 21st 2016, Nithya Yoga joined the Unify.org movement through a global synchronized yoga experience. Thousands of yogis unified in over 500 locations worldwide to practice Yoga More...
Indian Soft Power at Work: International Yoga Day Captures Global Attention | The Diplomat
On June 21, 2016, the world welcomed the second celebration of the International Day of Yoga – constituted last year by the United Nations through a Resolution that won the support of 177 member states (including More...
Patanjali to spend Rs 10,000 crore on Yoga research: Baba Ramdev – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday said that Patanjali Ayurved Limited will soon spend Rs 10,000 crore on Yoga research work in India.”We are already spending a lot of money on Yoga research work, More...
Jaggi Vasudev prostituting yoga in the world of nations
In a disgraceful talk to the UN, Jaggi Vasudev said “The significant aspect of my personal work has been to remove all the frills of culture that yoga had acquired through this millennia of transmission”. More...
Karachi too twists and turns on IYD – Times of India
Amritsar: Joining the International Yoga Day celebrations, various clubs, independent groups and social outfits held camps in Pakistan on Tuesday to spread the health benefits of the old system of physical, mental More...
Embrace yoga to age gracefully, say experts
New Delhi–Yoga won’t give you immortality but this ancient discipline of bringing union between the body, mind and spirit can definitely help you fight age – both physical and mental, say health and wellness More...
300 Yoga Enthusiasts and Practitioners Attend Yoga Day Celebrations at MIT
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Approximately 300 yoga enthusiasts and practitioners attended the International Day of Yoga celebrations at MIT’s Kresgie Lawn in Cambridge, MA, on Sunday. Massachusetts Governor Charles D. Baker More...
International Yoga day: Yoga in unexpected places – News from Al Jazeera
Living a life based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad is important to Noor, ever since she converted to Islam 17 years ago. French-born Noor wears a face veil (niqab) and is also a yoga instructor in Qatar More...