Latest yoga and wellness news
India’s Union Ministry of Ayush has unveiled a sweeping new clinical framework that integrates yoga into the country’s preventive healthcare strategy, marking one of the most ambitious government-backed yoga initiatives in history. The protocol, titled “Yoga Protocol for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Target Groups,” was launched during Yoga Mahotsav 2026 by Union Ayush Minister Prataprao … Read more
Yoga has long aspired to be a universal practice — available to every body, at every stage of life, regardless of physical ability. In 2026, that aspiration is closer to reality than at any point in the practice’s Western history. The adaptive yoga movement, which seeks to make yoga genuinely accessible to people with disabilities, … Read more
Something significant is shifting in the world of yoga retreats. According to Om Magazine’s 2026 annual retreat and wellness travel report — one of the most comprehensive surveys of the sector conducted each year — the dominant trends shaping yoga tourism in 2026 represent a meaningful departure from the Bali-and-beyond model that defined the industry … Read more
A major new study protocol from the National Institutes of Health has been published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), detailing a large-scale trial testing whether Iyengar yoga combined with a structured behavioral weight loss program produces superior outcomes to behavioral weight loss alone. The NIH PATH Trial — Practice of Yoga for … Read more
A landmark clinical trial has found that a structured yoga program significantly increases pregnancy rates in women undergoing IVF, with participants in the yoga group achieving a 63% pregnancy rate compared to just 43% in the control group — a 20-percentage-point difference that researchers describe as clinically significant. The trial, known as the PATH study … Read more