India opened up free vaccinations to all adults in an attempt to bolster its inoculation drive on Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a muted International Yoga Day hailing the practice’s “protective” properties against the virus. The country’s vaccination drive has significantly slowed in recent months due to a shortage of jabs and […]
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Meesha Shafi becomes a certified Yoga instructor
Meesha Shafi is officially a certified yoga instructor, she made the announcement on Sunday with an instagram post. The singer/ actress announced that after completing 200 hours of yoga teacher training she is certified yoga alliance teacher. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meesha Shafi (@meesha.shafi) “Today I graduated after […]
100-year-old yoga instructor keeps moving, dancing
A 100-year-old yoga instructor has no plans to stop practicing and teaching. On a spring day in Hartsdale, a northern suburb of New York City where she leads her classes, Tao Porchon-Lynch said she first encountered the ancient practice at age 7 in her native India. Strolling along a beach, she was transfixed by a […]
Health, healing & yoga
Last week, a friend’s wedding was scheduled to take place with a big bang but just a three days before the event, her father, a 55 year old successful corporate executive, was rushed to the hospital with a severe heart condition. Spending his days wrapped in tubes and electrodes, the executive struggles to live more […]
Strike a pose for International Yoga Day
Downward-facing dogs, cobras and warriors were set to sprout all over the world Thursday, as the fourth annual International Yoga Day got under way. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose proposal for the global event won UN approval in 2014, will lead the way, performing his asanas with an expected 60,000 others in the northern […]