Latest yoga and wellness news
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
Breathe for Change, the nonprofit organization training educators to bring yoga and mindfulness into classrooms, has reached a milestone that would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago: over 20,000 educators across all 50 U.S. states have now graduated from its training program, collectively impacting the wellbeing of an estimated 20 million students. As schools continue … Read more
A new semi-randomized controlled trial published in Scientific Reports has delivered the most rigorous evidence yet for the Wim Hof Method, finding that the combination of cyclic hyperventilation breathwork and cold water immersion produces greater improvements in energy, mental clarity, and stress resilience than meditation alone. The study, which tracked 404 healthy adults through 29-day … Read more