My first experience with yoga took place at my grandmother's house when I was five years old. Sitting across from her at the dining table, half-awake as the Kolkata sun began to warm the day, I ...

Experts and researchers at the National Conference on Naturopathy have emphasised the importance of evidence-based ...

Yoga, an Indian practice believed to be between 3,000 and 6,000 years old, is one of the South Asian nation's key cultural contributions to the world. The practice — which is an interplay of body, ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — Tomorrow (June 21), on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, amateur and professional yogis will line up their mats across the world in celebration of the International ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — If China has panda diplomacy, India has yoga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi successfully lobbied the United Nations to designate June 21 International Yoga Day in his first year in ...

Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means to yoke, join or unite. Its principles are to integrate all aspects of the body with the mind and soul to achieve ultimate happiness with a ...

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI)- In a colorful prelude to the 11th International Day of Yoga, the Indian Embassy organized a well-attended yoga session at the historic Lincoln Memorial here on June 19. The event ...

India has its first ‘yoga czar,’ Shripad Yesso Naik. His official title is “Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy” (AYUSH) and his appointment is part of Narendra ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extolled yoga as a way of building a "protective shield" of immunity against the coronavirus, as his nation battles a surge in infections. Modi, a keen yoga ...