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Hold that stretch: Be safe about yoga

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Mark Goldman was a relative newcomer to yoga when he found himself teetering in standing lotus pose with an instructor barking over him like a drill sergeant.

Five yoga poses to fix you for life!

Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, talks of five poses that should fix you for life.

Yoga Journal 21-Day Challenge, Day 9: Standing Poses With Jason Crandell (VIDEO)

Today's practice deepens the strength and stability found in a series of standing poses, first introduced on Day Four. When our partner Yoga Journal put out the call for their 21-Day Yoga Challenge, we knew we wanted to be a part of it.

Prevent yoga injuries: Avoid these 5 mistakes

Suddenly yoga is on the outs. âFor many people, a number of commonly taught yoga poses are inherently risky,â according to a new yoga-bashing book excerpted in the New York Times Magazine last month. The book's author, science writer William Broad, described his own experience where his back went out while engaged in an extended-side-angle pose âhailed as a cure for many diseasesâ and said that ...

Is yoga bad for you? New book sparks discussion

In "The Science of Yoga: The Risks and Rewards," William J. Broad used his skills as a science journalist to look into the facts and myths about the history of yoga and evaluate long-standing claims.