Yoga

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How yoga helps people lead an active life

As more people realise the efficacy of practicing yoga, its popularity keeps increasing. Lounge asks fitness coaches and enthusiasts what yoga means to them

4 min read21 Jun 2023
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How to deepen your yoga practice

Yoga's ultimate goal is to achieve the stillness of the mind. While not easy, you can get there with commitment, discipline, continuity and consistency

4 min read20 Jun 2022
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Has yoga in India become too expensive and westernised?

Yoga is being sold to urban Indians as a lifestyle fad. Purists say that this is pushing up prices and making yoga exclusionary

5 min read21 Jun 2021
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Yoga helps children with ADHD have better attention

Behavior and psyche of young children practising the breathing exercises have shown to have improved, study says

2 min read16 May 2021
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Five yoga poses you should avoid to prevent injuries

Yoga can help relieve the pain and discomfort of many types of injuries but it can also aggravate some. Here’s what you should avoid doing if you have chronic issues

4 min read12 Jan 2021
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Should yoga be a competitive sport? We ask yoga trainers

The government of India wants to organize yoga championships and push for its inclusion in the Olympics. But does competition fit with the ethos of the ancient tradition?

2 min read19 Dec 2020
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How Zoom yoga is helping us stick to a routine

Scheduling worries keep many of us from being consistent with working out. Online classes have removed that barrier, as a recent survey among 1000 Indians corroborates

4 min read9 Dec 2020
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How Shikhar Dhawan turns pressure into opportunities

Mindgames, our new series on the mental health of sportspersons, delves into the top cricketer's psyche during IPL season

4 min read11 Oct 2020
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Chyawanprash, Ayush drugs, yoga: Govt's protocol for recovered covid patients

The government suggested drinking adequate quantity of warm water and taking immunity boosting Ayush medicines to be prescribed by a qualified practitioner

2 min read13 Sep 2020
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COVID-19 survivor Satyendar Jain asks people to perform yoga, take herbal drinks

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, a COVID-19 survivor, appealed to those who have recovered from coronavirus to perform regular yoga and take immunity-boosting herbal drinks to stay healthy

1 min read28 Aug 2020