Is Your Yoga ‘Authentic’? Paris Scholars Aim To Decide
The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference opens May 27 in Paris, debating who decides what counts as ‘real’ yoga.
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Teachers Say Boys Skip School Yoga — Pupils Disagree
A new PLOS One study of UK primary schools finds a striking gap between what teachers see and what five- and six-year-olds say about yoga.
Yoga Cuts PMS Symptoms and Body Fat: 8-Week Pilot Study
A 2026 pilot trial of 34 women found 8 weeks of targeted yoga cut PMS symptom severity, lowered body fat, and improved hip external rotation.
Yoga Cuts Blood Pressure In Obesity: 30-Study Review
A new PLOS Global Public Health meta-analysis of 30 trials links regular yoga to a 4.35 mmHg drop in systolic blood pressure for adults with overweight or obesity.
Yoga Speeds Opioid Withdrawal Recovery, JAMA Trial Shows
A new JAMA Psychiatry randomized trial found that adding ten short yoga sessions to standard buprenorphine treatment cut the median time to opioid withdrawal stabilization from 9 days to 5, with parallel gains in heart rate variability, anxiety, sleep, and pain.