yogajala Staff When summer heat builds and the body starts to feel heavy, agitated, and depleted, pranayama offers something no air conditioning unit can: a way to cool yourself from the inside out. Ancient yogic texts describe a group of breathing techniques specifically designed to lower body temperature, reduce heat-related irritability, and soothe the nervous system — … Read more
In a landmark recognition of yoga’s growing role in global preventive healthcare, the World Health Organization has re-designated India’s Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine (Yoga) for the period 2025 to 2029. The designation makes the New Delhi-based institute the formal global hub for evidence-based yoga … Read more
Restorative yoga is one of the most powerful — and most underused — styles of yoga practice. Unlike the dynamic flows of vinyasa or the deep passive holds of yin yoga, restorative yoga is all about active rest: using props to fully support the body so that every muscle can let go completely. The result? … Read more
Something is shifting in how the medical and wellness communities talk about yoga. Increasingly, researchers, clinicians, and health systems are using a new phrase to describe its effects: nervous system medicine. It’s a designation that moves yoga beyond the realm of fitness and flexibility and into the territory of clinical neuroscience — and the evidence … Read more
A series of landmark studies from UCLA Health has delivered some of the most compelling neuroscientific evidence yet for yoga’s brain-protective effects: regular Kundalini yoga practice not only slows cognitive decline in older women at risk for Alzheimer’s disease — it appears to physically prevent the brain shrinkage that marks the disease’s earliest stages. Editor’s … Read more