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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Due to efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, the United Nations have declared June 21 as the International Day of YogaXinhua/dpa/picture alliance Yoga, an Indian practice believed to ...

Indian Prime Minister and longtime yoga practitioner Narendra Modi led an estimated 50,000 volunteers through a series of yoga asanas Thursday to celebrate the fourth anniversary of International Yoga ...

India is considered the birthplace of Yoga and has a lot of hubs for a yoga retreat. Beyond the famous retreats and crowded hotspots, there are cities and towns where yoga is deeply rooted in history, ...

Indian yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped popularize yoga around the world and wrote 14 books on the subject, died Wednesday. He was 95. Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar’s death was reported ...

NEW DELHI (RNS) The Supreme Court of India is weighing whether yoga has a religious element, as it decides if public schools may teach the ancient discipline in the country where it originated.

Indian government argues that U.S. patents on yoga encroach on India's heritage. May 22, 2007 — -- An international battle over yoga has the Indian government all bent out of shape. Last week, in ...

The Sanskrit word “yoga” may mean union but, for some in India, yoga has never been more divisive. June 21 marks the first ever International Day of Yoga, an event that’s driven by Indian Prime ...

(RNS) India’s school policy considers yoga an integral component of physical education. But the court has expressed caution, and is considering arguments that yoga has a religious component. NEW DELHI ...