Americans love their yoga. The groups most likely to participate are women (20 percent), adults aged 18-44 (18 percent)—though kids practice too (8 percent)—and non-Hispanic whites (17 percent). What ...
Reading Lois K. Solomon’s article about “Christian yoga,” I couldn’t help but be struck by the xenophobia and fear expressed [“Yoga — With Bible Verses,” May 10]. Yoga has its roots, traditions and ...
Tuesday, June 21, will mark the eighth International Day of Yoga. This day offers an opportunity to reflect on some of the last year's public debates around yoga in the U.S., many of which hinge on ...
The Christian season of Lent is a time of reflection and repentance and now yoga. As Deena Prichep reports, more and more churches are offering yoga as a Lenten practice. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DEENA ...
Yoga has suddenly become a hot topic across the Ozarks, because of a local pastor's recent sermon. "Christians should stay away from yoga, because of it's demonic roots." Yoga, four letters, two ...
In 2018, one of my fellow trainees in teaching children’s yoga made this distinction while speaking about yoga in schools. This sparked a long discussion about how to “pitch” yoga to young people, ...
The headline itself was the stuff of viral internet fodder: Alabama House votes to end yoga ban, but don’t say ‘namaste’. The news that Alabama’s House of Representatives voted to overturn a ...
Lent is a time for Christians to reflect and repent. It's also a time to take on a devotional practice. For a growing number of Christians, that practice has become yoga. The Christian season of Lent ...