Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alice G. Walton, PhD is a writer who covers health and mental health. This article is more than 9 years old. Yoga wasn’t exactly ...

If yoga is in the market for backwards publicity, it’s doing pretty well. From William Broad’s New York Times piece on yoga’s body-wrecking potential to the dramatic abdication of Anusara’s John ...

In many ways, yoga nidra is more similar to meditation than to what most people think of as yoga. It doesn’t involve any stretches or poses. Yoga nidra instead focuses on relaxing and reaching deep ...

At Edmunds Elementary, a diverse inner-city school in Des Moines, Iowa, yoga is on the daily schedule. Each morning, every classroom begins the day with a “Be Well” discussion about topics such as ...

Some of yoga’s many potential benefits include improved flexibility, strength, and body awareness. It may also help relieve stress and anxiety. The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit root word “yuj,” ...

Yin yoga is a style of yoga that includes specific passive poses (called yin poses) that are held for an extended time, usually 3 to 10 minutes. Although this type of yoga was developed in the 1980s ...