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 ...

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 ...

Schoolchildren offer prayers to the sun god during a yoga session at a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Jan. 6, 2015 Schoolchildren offer prayers to the sun god during a yoga session at ...

The government is trying to get yoga recognized throughout the world as India's cultural property. Since his election last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist and devout yoga ...

Yoga has resurged in popularity in the United States. And Mysore, in southern India, is cashing in on the craze. The city has been transformed by Americans' (and other foreigners) fascination with ...

Tirupati: The First All India Sanskrit Universities’ Practical Yoga Competition, ‘Yoga Sangamam – 2026’, was inaugurated with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Due to efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, the United Nations have declared June 21 as the International Day of ...

On Sunday morning, the Indian capital New Delhi’s broadest and grandest avenue, Rajpath, will be covered in a sea of yoga mats, with some 35,000 people expected to indulge in mass physical contortions ...

The Indian government wants people to stop trying to patent ancient yoga practices. So officials are filming hundreds of yoga poses and translating ancient Sanscrit texts. They plan to send the ...

Grammy-winning artist SZA recently embarked on a personal spiritual journey in India, seeking stillness and balance beyond her demanding global career. Her visit included a silent retreat and ...