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  1. CrossFit Better With Yoga

    Gym workout is passé. CrossFit is in. If you are clueless about what CrossFit stands for, it's a fitness program started more than a decade ago in USA and is now practiced by millions around the world. CrossFit works on the principle of mixing high i ...
  2. Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation):12 poses to leaner you.

    Sun Salutation is said to be the complete body workout. Yoga experts say that doing 12 sets of Sun Salutation translates into doing 288 powerful yoga poses in a span of 12 to 15 minutes! Sun Salutation is another example of how good things come in small ( ...
  3. 8 Tips to Improve Your Yoga Practice

    We have unique body and level to which we can bend vary. The good news is that the purpose of including yoga in your daily schedule is – not to achieve the perfect bend, but – to bring the body, breath, and mind together. Gear up with these simple tips an ...
  4. The Top 13 Yoga Benefits for Your Body and Mind

    Updated by: Sejal Shah  Here are 13 benefits of yoga that are supported by science. Learn what this ancient practice has to offer for mind, body, and spirit. You can even try our 30-minute yoga video to get you started. Topics covered: Top scientific bene ...
  5. Feeling Pain? Balance Your Body with Yoga

    Are you leaning forward as you read this? Do you tend to put the right foot over the left when you sit? That nagging pain in the neck or back could result from something as simple as using one side of your body more. Yoga helps identify and correct the im ...
  6. Treating Vertigo with Yoga

    Vertigo is a type of symptom of dizziness characterized by a sensation of spinning and misbalance due to a disturbance in the sense of balance and equilibrium in the brain. It affects the inner ear, the area that monitors the directions of motion, arising ...
  7. Introduction to Yoga

    Yoga is a path towards total harmony of body, mind, and spirit. The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means union. Union of the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. Yoga is not merely a form of exercise for the body. ...
  8. The Science behind Stretching

    Stretching has been an integral part of yoga and also exaltation to the yogis. However, it has invoked several questions among its practitioners, scientists and skeptics. Modern science has nevertheless deciphered the technical know-how behind all the twi ...
  9. How To Combat Hyperthyroidism With Yoga

    “Ten years ago, I only knew of thyroid disorder through school textbooks. It was only a medical condition to me which could occur in people in the outside world, until it happened to me one day seven years ago. And it was then that it occurred to me for t ...
  10. The Science behind Yoga

    Yoga is a spiritual discipline dating back to some 5000 years in the history of Indian philosophy, its purpose, mainly to unleash spiritual and mental powers of an individual. However, in recent times yoga has been extremely popular in the context of figh ...
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