Latest yoga and wellness news
For teenagers juggling 5 a.m. training sessions, competition nerves, and a full school timetable, the mental load can be relentless. A new randomized controlled trial points to a strikingly low-tech buffer: about an hour of yoga a day. Published on September 12, 2026 in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, the study followed 88 district-level teenage athletes … Read more
A 2026 Indian Heart Journal meta-analysis of 7 trials and 683 people found pranayama lowered heart rate and may modestly reduce blood pressure.
A new randomized controlled trial has put a familiar idea to a rigorous test: can a short course of prenatal yoga actually protect a woman’s mental health going into birth? Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth in February 2026, the study found that just five weeks of twice-weekly yoga meaningfully lowered anxiety, strengthened psychological resilience, … Read more
A 2026 meta-analysis of 14 trials and 1,183 people found yoga meaningfully eased knee osteoarthritis pain — and pinpointed how often and how long to practice.
A 2026 randomized crossover trial tested three yoga breathing practices and found two raised calming, vagal heart-rate variability while one lowered it.