Yoga for Flat Feet: Poses to Strengthen Arches

Yoga for flat feet builds the strength and mobility your collapsed arches need to support every step. If you have fallen arches, this guide shows you how targeted poses rebuild the muscles of your feet and lower legs, ease foot fatigue, and improve balance. You will learn the foot-tripod technique, eight specific poses, and a … Read more

Yoga for Varicose Veins: Poses to Boost Circulation

Yoga for varicose veins won’t erase bulging veins overnight, but a consistent practice of inversions, gentle calf work, and mindful breathing can ease the aching, heaviness, and swelling that come with poor leg circulation. This guide walks you through eight effective poses, a short daily sequence, and the cautions worth knowing so you can support … Read more

Yoga Sutra 1.15: Drishta Anushravika Vairagya

Yoga Sutra 1.15 is where Patanjali stops using the word vairāgya and tells us exactly what it means: a conscious, mastered freedom from craving for objects either seen directly or heard about. The sutra reads “dṛṣṭānuśravika-viṣaya-vitṛṣṇasya vaśīkāra-saṃjñā vairāgyam” — and within those six Sanskrit words sits one of the most misunderstood ideas in yoga. This … Read more

Yoga Cuts Teen Smartphone Addiction: 2026 Frontiers Review

A new mini-review published this month in Frontiers in Psychology argues that yoga interventions show measurable promise for reducing smartphone addiction in adolescents — and that the mechanism is not simply distraction. The paper, “From neurobiological regulation to socio-ecological remodeling: a mini review of yoga interventions for adolescent smartphone addiction,” synthesises seven empirical studies covering … Read more