The story began in Africa. Paige Elenson, a native New Yorker, spied African acrobats doing crazy handstands. She joined in. Elenson, who practices an acrobatic brand of yoga, later started Africa ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Knoxville has been selected for a yoga tour that helps create opportunities for youth in Africa. Africa Yoga Project is offering several different events at their partner’s studios, ...

I had practiced yoga for more than 10 years before getting serious. What changed? For the first time, I had a black teacher who blended African music, mantra and meditation into the practice. The ...

Editor's note: Catherine Cook-Cottone consults for the Africa Yoga Project and received funding from UNICEF. Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical mind and body practice. Most present day practices share ...

In the tiny Virginia town of soybean fields and no stoplights where Kimberly Matthews-Williams grew up, her Black church was family, and that felt really good — on Sundays. On her own later, as a ...

Yoga’s implementation in rural schools has dramatically increased the pass rate, rising from under 50% to a perfect 100%. This was shared by Sivananda World Peace Foundation President Ishwar ...

BRATTLEBORO — Master Senegalese dancer and teacher Caro Diallo, who teaches his unique and elegant style of African dance, is back in the area to teach until early October. For 10 years he was the ...

Local fitness studio FIT House welcomes an international yoga program of hope and inspiration Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 20-23. The Africa Yoga Project has chosen FIT House as its final North ...

My own personal fascination with yoga dates back multiple decades to a daily, individualized routine at the Yogic Health Center in Mumbai during a gap year in my early 20s. It seems quite fitting that ...

Johannesburg, Jun 22 (PTI): A month-long series of yoga events held across South Africa culminated in International Day of Yoga celebrations at iconic UNESCO landmarks in four major cities in the ...

Yoga is misunderstood by many. Some think it is a cult. Others feel it is against religion. But what is yoga really? In simple terms it is the union of the body and mind. Even in light of this ...

Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical mind and body practice. Most present day practices share some variation of yoga poses (asana), breathing exercises (pranayama), relaxation and meditation. Research ...