From its earliest mentions in ancient texts to its rise as a global wellness practice, yoga has followed a fascinating path of evolution, adaptation, and expansion. Exploring the history of yoga ...

Mukti Jain Campion attends regular yoga classes and enjoys its many physical and mental benefits while believing it to be the “timeless Indian discipline” so often described in yoga books.

It began in the Indus-Saraswati civilisation more than 5,000 years ago. The Rig Veda is the first text that mentions the word yoga. It was later streamlined and developed by Brahmin priests and sages ...

Yoga wasn’t new to the American public in ... “I think of women’s fitness history as B.J. and A.J. — Before Jane and After Jane,” Ken Alan, a kinesiologist who taught aerobics in the ...

Mehboob Qureshi, a yoga instructor from Ahmedabad, achieved a milestone by conducting a seven-hour yoga session at the Giza ...