Movement

The White House's annual Easter Egg Roll continued its tradition of offering yoga this year. As well as the traditional egg roll across the lawn, guests could participate in a variety of physical activities with professional athletes, including yoga in the "Yoga Garden." Participants could also dance and play tennis and basketball.  The Easter celebration is a White […] Read more

A new yoga program at the American School For The Deaf encourages students with autism to connect with their breath. During sessions, a yoga teacher and sign language interpreter work together to lead students through basic yoga poses. The students, who are between 15 and 17 years old, practice breathing and moving together as a group. "Yoga is about the […] Read more

Just how important is breathing in yoga? Ed and Deb Shapiro suggest it's probably more important than most people think. Read more

A new yoga class for young children in the U.K. helps kids learn the poses using their teddy bears. “My Choga” incorporates stories, songs, and creative breathing exercises with traditional yoga poses. Yoga teacher Jana Mulholland, told the News & Star “the kids love their teddy bears even when they get older. They bring their teddy […] Read more

No question, yoga has a large following in the West. But how has hatha yoga, specifically asana practice, taken centre stage? And what role has the West played in that preference? Andrea Miller reviews two books that address these questions: Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, by Mark Singleton, and The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America, by Stefanie Syman.  Read more

On Jan.7, The New York Times ran a piece in its The Way We Live Now section entitled Fear (Again) of Flying. In the piece, writer Judith Warner discusses today’s women and their attempt to find a palatable life balance. Read more

"I liked the sense of benefiting even when I could only barely approximate a given posture," says author Mark Epstein.  Read more