Yoga news

Although yoga is an old tradition and practise, there are constantly exciting and new things and events taking place in this field. On this page you will find a daily selection of news about our favourite topic - yoga. For older news items you are welcome to have a look in our yoga news archive.

• Yoga shown to help women with breast cancer (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  Women with breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast may benefit from participating in a tailored yoga program that includes gentle yoga postures, breathing exercises, and meditation, new research suggests.



• Mom, I can do yoga, too (The Morning Call)
  Kids learn the poses in classes that are catching on in Valley Sitting cross-legged in a crooked circle, 10 squirming preschoolers and their parents listen intently as yoga teacher Kira Willey of Bethlehem tells them to roll their heads and stick out their tongues.



• Student Awarded Grant To Teach Yoga (Daily Northwestern)
  First-year medical student Adrienne Hampton was awarded a $2,000 grant this week for her proposal to teach prenatal yoga to underserved women in Chicago. Hampton was one of 30 students to win the yearlong grant from the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program, which promotes service learning for students in health-related fields.



• Longtime yoga teacher opens new studio overlooking French Creek (The Mercury)
  ST. PETERS VILLAGE -- It?s easy to see why Katrina Healy chose St. Peters Village for her new yoga studio.



• David Lynch's compound harmonizes work, yoga (USA Today)
  It's quite a hike to reach David Lynch's painting studio. But climb a series of steps built into the hillside beside his home and there it is: a small glass structure resembling a greenhouse that shines like a jewel in the afternoon sun. "The light is what I love in Los Angeles," says Lynch, 61. "And a feeling of no restrictions, a field of all possibilities, freedom."



• Yoga fights autism Down Under? (Hindustan Times)
  A not-for-profit organisation Yoga in the Community (YITC) is already employing yoga for this purpose.



• Yoga helping fight autism Down Under (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
  Sydney, April 12 (IANS) yoga is finding a new role Down Under. Australian experts dabbling in this ancient Indian science believe it can help fight autism.