In a video she has shared on Instagram, Shilpa performs Surya Namaskar. “Being indoors for days on end can lead to the body stiffening up.
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While there is evidence of regular, room-temperature yoga’s positive effect on blood pressure, little is known about hot yoga
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International Yoga Day 2019: Yoga can help cope with mental illness
Though mental illness, as such, cannot be directly treated through yoga, stress, which one of the major causes, said mental health expert Prakriti Poddar in a telephonic interview.
It’s Pranayam! Indians roast American Journal for renaming it ‘Cardiac Coherence Breathing’
While, India has been in a generous practice of sharing its age-old treasures of health care system with the world, the West has been in habit of twisting things around to make some Indian things sound a little too fancy and funny perhaps. Recent in the row is an article[Read More…]
Jasmin Bhasin takes up yoga for her role
Mumbai: Actress Jasmin Bhasin has started meditating and practising yoga for her role in the forthcoming show “Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji”. She will be playing a young woman named Happy who belongs to Punjab and her only motive is to spread happiness wherever she goes. “Happy is very simple[Read More…]
Yoga gains popularity in China, more colleges to come up
Beijing, The China-India Yoga College that was founded in June 2015 in Yunnan as part of a Delhi-Beijing cultural exchange program, plans to expand its training locations as yoga has been gaining popularity in China as a healthy lifestyle choice. The college opened its first branch on Saturday at the[Read More…]
Tourists claim sexual assault by guru at Thai retreat
Bangkok: Fourteen female tourists have claimed that they were sexually assaulted by a guru at a yoga retreat in Thailand’s picturesque Koh Phangan island, a media report said on Friday. Agama Yoga embraced ancient tantric teachings under its charismatic leader, the guru Swami Vivekananda Saraswati whose real name is Narcis Tarcau, the Guardian report said. Tarcau, who is[Read More…]
Supreme Court rejects petition to make yoga compulsory in schools
In a significant decision, Supreme Court on Tuesday has rejected petition to make yoga compulsory in schools from class 1 to 8 across the country. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi led NDA government is putting all effort to promote yoga all over the world. Dismissing the plea, SC said that the[Read More…]
Govt wants its missions abroad to promote yoga, traditional medicines
The government wants all its diplomatic missions abroad to start centers to endorse traditional Indian medicines, yoga and the Indian concept of well-being. The external affairs ministry is working on the missive from the ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (Ayush). India has 183 diplomatic missions[Read More…]
China record 10,000 yoga participants on International Day of Yoga
While PM Modi has been promoting Yoga across the India, more than 10,000 people took part in the final event marking the third International Day of Yoga in China on Sunday. This is one of the largest participation of enthusiasts in a yoga programme organised in the Nation this year.[Read More…]
India should recover Pakistan occupied Kashmir: Baba Ramdev
On Saturday, India’s favourite Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, said that India should immediately reclaim Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), calling it the root of all the problems originating from Pakistan. He further added that India should destroy all terrorists camps operating from PoK. “All the problems emanating from Pakistan is because[Read More…]
Yoga is a great gift from India to the world: PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation in the 32nd episode of his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat. As he spoke, he extended his greetings to the Muslim community on the occasion of Ramzan. He also paid tributes to freedom fighter Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary. He added[Read More…]
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali steps into restaurant business with Postik
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurvedic Limited has reportedly stepped into the restaurant business by opening its first 100 % vegetarian restaurant, Postik restaurant, in Zirakpur in Chandigarh. The menu card and walls of the restaurant reportedly carried the image of Baba Ramdev and Balkrishna, co-founder of Patanjali Ayurvedic Limited.[Read More…]
World Health Day: Exercise, meditation, yoga, good work-life balance can help fight depression
The cases of depression are rapidly growing in India with more than 5 crore people suffering from the disorder – the highest in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific region including China. Recently, a new report by the UN health agency WHO also suggest that China and India are certainly the[Read More…]
Nothing wrong in Hindu Rashtra concept: CM Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath supported Hindutva and a Hindu Rashtra for the overall development of India. Disregarding controversies, he declared that “there was nothing wrong in the Hindu Rashtra theory and taking a step forward in this direction”. He also said that his government will include Yoga[Read More…]
India hosts seminar on yoga in Cairo
Namaz postures similar to Surya Namaskar: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Surya Namaskar has many similarities to Namaz (Muslims form of prayer). “All asanas (postures) in Surya Namaskar, Pranayama activities are similar with the way Namaz is done by our Muslim brothers. But nobody ever tried to bring them together because[Read More…]
Yoga shows the way to lasting peace, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday said that yoga shows the way to lasting peace. Addressing the week-long International Yoga Festival at Paramartha Niketan on the banks of Ganga here via video conferencing, Modi said yoga was not just a form of exercise but a way to attain peace[Read More…]
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth gets tax exemption status
Controversial yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth has been exempted by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT) from paying tax. The Delhi bench of the tribunal referred to a 2006 amendment in the I-T Act, according to which yoga was additionally described as having “charitable purpose”. The tribunal stated that Patanjali[Read More…]
