yogajala Staff

yogajala Staff articles are produced and edited by the yogajala team. We write about yoga practice, philosophy and wellbeing for practitioners of all levels, and each article is reviewed by an editor before publication. Nothing here is a substitute for guidance from a qualified teacher or medical professional.

What Neuroscience Is Teaching Yoga Teachers: Insights From the 2026 Research Conference

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The 2026 Neuroscience and Yoga virtual poster session (March 28-29) brings together neuroscientists and yoga teachers to share evidence-based insights that are fundamentally reshaping how we understand what happens in the brain and body during yoga practice. The intersection of neuroscience and yoga is no longer speculative—it’s rigorous, measurable, and transformative. What Neuroscience Reveals About … Read more

New JAMA Study: Yoga Cuts Opioid Withdrawal Time Nearly in Half — Here’s What the Science Shows

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A groundbreaking 2026 study published in JAMA Psychiatry demonstrates that yoga combined with standard addiction treatment cuts opioid withdrawal from nine days to five days while significantly improving anxiety, sleep, and pain management. The findings represent a major shift in how the medical community views yoga’s role in addiction medicine. What the JAMA Study Found … Read more

Apple TV’s ‘Twisted Yoga’ Is a Wake-Up Call About Yoga Safety — Here’s What It Gets Right

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Apple TV’s new three-part docuseries “Twisted Yoga,” which premiered March 13, 2026, tells the disturbing story of Gregorian Bivolaru’s tantric yoga cult and the systemic failures that allowed abuse to flourish under the guise of spiritual practice. For the yoga community, it’s a necessary wake-up call about teacher accountability and student safety. What the Docuseries … Read more

Walking Yoga Is One of 2026’s Hottest Fitness Trends — Here’s How to Try It

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Walking yoga is exploding in popularity, with search interest surging 2,414% year-over-year. This emerging wellness trend merges the meditative qualities of walking meditation with gentle yoga poses, creating a practice that’s accessible to nearly everyone. What Is Walking Yoga? Walking yoga is a deliberate integration of mindfulness, breathwork, and gentle movement that honors yogic principles … Read more

Adaptive Yoga Is Going Mainstream in 2026 — And It’s Long Overdue

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For most of its modern history, yoga has been implicitly understood as something for people who are already reasonably mobile, reasonably healthy, and reasonably able to get onto and off the floor. That assumption is changing — and in 2026, the change has moved from a gentle trend to something more like a structural shift. … Read more

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