According to a new study released by American-based UNC at Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina), Ancient Indian yoga holds potential promise for helping improve anxiety, depression, PTSD and/or the psychological consequences of trauma”. Release adds that the study “suggested that clinicians and service providers consider recommending yoga as an intervention” in addition to other […]
Bhagwan Shiva’s 7 Indicators of Yoga Siddhi
In the Dharmic tradition, Bhagwan Shiva is known as Adi Yogi – as in the first Yogi. He is credited with developing the system of Hatha Yoga and teaching it to his consort Devi Parvati. The Shiva Samhita is the dialogue between Bhagwan Shiva and Devi Parvati in which he teaches her the secrets of […]
Florida Cancer Center launches a Mindfulness Program Leveraging Hindu-Based Yoga
The popular Cancer Center of Martin Health System (MHS) headquartered in the US state of Florida is offering a six-week “Mindfulness Yoga for Cancer” program that started September 2016. This free program uses techniques such as mindfulness meditation, yoga and stretching, breath awareness and body awareness. Kim Romer and Nancy Aldrich are the facilitators. Hindus […]
China Medical Academics Conclude the Ancient Hindu Practice of Yoga Benefits Diabetes Patients
Researchers atd China’s Binzhou Medical University, Xuzhou Central Hospital and Donghua University have concluded that yoga benefits adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), said to be one of most frequently encountered metabolic syndromes worldwide. An abstract of the article “Effects of Yoga in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis” published […]
South Carolina School to Include Ancient Indian Exercise Yoga in Year End Celebrations
Hindus have commended Memminger Elementary School (MES) in Charleston (South Carolina, USA) for reportedly making yoga a major part of the end-of-the-school-year celebrations party on May 26. This mass yoga event was reportedly held in the gymnasium of MES, a University Partnership School also known as Memminger School of Global Studies. Calling it a step […]
Study: Hindu-Originated Yoga & Kirtan Increases Memory Better Than Brainy Mind Games
A recent study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that yoga, the ancient spiritual practice founded in India and is an integral part of Hinduism, is significantly better at increasing and maintaining your memory health. Nowadays, there is a common trend to download ‘Brainy Mind Game’ apps for your phone or iPad to […]
Hindu Claims of Reducing Alzheimer’s Risk by Doing Yoga Validated by UCLA Study
The University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) announced an academic study that ‘finds that yoga and meditation can help minimize cognitive impairment”, according to UCLA release issued on May 10, 2016. To reduce risk for Alzheimer’s, skip Lumosity (games claiming to improve memory, etc.) and get onto the yoga mat, this study by UCLA-led team of […]
Hindus Appreciate Advocacy of Yoga by Miley Cyrus
Hindus have welcomed Hollywood singer-actress Miley Cyrus’, 23, repeated efforts at promotion of yoga and displaying some yoga moves. Hindu leader Rajan Zed, commenting on Cyrus’ recent Instagram postings, in a statement in Delhi today, said that her frequent advocacy of yoga was reportedly resulting in the world youth seriously looking at incorporating yoga in […]
Canadian Hindus Congratulate Calgary Police for Hiring Yoga Instructor
Hindus in Canada have welcomed and congratulated attempts by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) in the Western Canada province of Alberta to hire a Yoga Instructor, calling it a step in the positive direction. The City of Calgary, on behalf of CPS is requesting submissions for a position as a yoga instructor with proven experience and expertise […]
Cultural Appropriation At Its Peak – Canadian School Renames Hindu-Origin ‘Yoga’ as ‘Movement’
A group of Hindus and human rights fighting for pluralism & secular society are critical of École Christine-Lesperance (ECL), a francophone elementary school in Winnipeg (Canada) under Franco-Manitoban School Division (DSFM), for reportedly renaming its “yoga” class as “movement” class. Some human rights activists came on social media to speak about the double-standards against Hindus […]