Yoga News

The Jivaka Wellness Center in Elkins will celebrate the holiday season on Friday with an open house from 3 to 6 p.m., followed by a free introductory yoga class from 6 to 7 p.m. Light refreshments and herbal tea will also be free.

Doga - a Yoga with Your Dog - will be presented Sunday, Dec. 15, 2 to 3 p.m., at SPCA Tampa Bay, 9099 130th Ave. N. Doga class participants enjoy an hour of bonding time with their dog.

Exciting news, yogis. A new studio called Yoga Home is setting up shop in Conshohocken, with a rough opening date pegged for late February 2014.

I don't know about you, but a vacation is not a vacation for me if it doesn't include some kind of physical activity.

Dimitra Kotanides, owner of Dimitra Yoga, held a donation class Nov. 15 to benefit Epworth UMC Skate Project, The class raised more than $250 to help pay for the construction of a concrete skate park at Epworth United Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth.

All a yoga practitioner has to do to remind themselves of why they take yoga is to just go back to class.

This coming Saturday is YogaFest 2013, the first event of its kind on the North Shore.

A yoga workout that's over in only 20 minutes? A strength-building, sweat-inducing workout that also incorporates calming yoga moves? Can there be such a thing? Yogi Chaz Rough, founder of the immensely popular YOGAmazing series on iTunes , will enthusiastically tell you yes.

Bikram Choudhury's eponymous brand of hot yoga has drawn thousands of fans. But in just the last year, writes Vanity Fair contributor Benjamin Wallace in the January issue , five women have filed lawsuits against Choudhury, with charges ranging from rape to sexual harassment.

It was supposed to be a lesson in social media and online use. An educator posted a picture on the internet to show her student's how quickly what you put online can spread across the world It was supposed to be a lesson in social media and online use.

There are 8.4 million asana discovered by Lord Shiva,the originator of Yoga. Asana practice is done to prepare the body, breath and mind for the higher practices leading to awakening and realization.

The practice of yoga has become popular because so many people have found in it a helpful and holistic practice for people of all shapes and experiences.

Participants take part in a cuddle party by forming a human centipede and give each other shoulder rubs at a home in Marina Del Rey, CA on Monday, November 25, 2013.

There's no product I'd rather watch an hour-long infomercial for than Pink Diamond's "Double Ball/ Dildo ."

Swanstrom committed to yoga teacher training in an effort to bring the practice into the healing process at Greenheart Wellness.

Traditional and adapted poses are practiced either standing or seated in chairs to balance, stretch and strengthen the body while calming the mind.

Everyone claims to know what Hatha-Yoga is by knowing the names of few postures, practicing and sweating like any modern exercise fitness regime.

Before cancer changed my life, everything seemed to move at such a fast pace that often times it was hard to take a moment to breathe deeply, clear my mind, and enjoy myself.

White Hill Elementary School seventh graders listen as a Roots to Branches speaker outlines activities for the day on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in Fairfax, Calif.

"When I have to run straight to a business meeting, I'm going to switch out my yoga pants for a cute skirt with legwear.