yogajala Staff Newsweek has named Gaia among its 15 Best Mindfulness and Wellness Apps for 2026, recognizing the streaming platform’s expanding library of yoga, meditation, and breathwork content that now reaches nearly 900,000 members across 185 countries. The recognition, published on April 6, 2026, places Gaia alongside mainstream wellness apps in a category that has seen explosive … Read more
A growing body of research from UCLA Health suggests that Kundalini yoga may offer unique cognitive benefits to older women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease — benefits that standard memory training exercises cannot replicate. The findings could change how we think about yoga’s role in brain health and cognitive aging. Led by UCLA Health … Read more
India’s Ministry of Ayush has unveiled a landmark clinical framework that integrates yoga into preventive healthcare for non-communicable diseases, marking a significant step in how one of the world’s most populous nations plans to tackle its growing burden of lifestyle disorders. The new protocols, titled “Yoga Protocol for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Target Groups,” were … Read more
The hours between dinner and bed are when most of us carry the accumulated tension of the entire day — tight shoulders from desk work, a buzzing mind from unfinished tasks, and a nervous system still running in high gear. A short evening yoga practice is one of the most effective ways to signal to … Read more
Yoga has a reputation problem among men. Despite the fact that yoga was practiced almost exclusively by men for thousands of years, the modern Western yoga world skews heavily female — and many men feel out of place walking into a class for the first time. This is a shame, because men often stand to … Read more