Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. However, the practice is growing as a competitive sport, with an international governing body, in addition to several national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Joseph Encinia first heard the words "yoga" and "competition" in one sentence, he laughed. "I do yoga to relax, to feel my ...

Move over, inner peace and relaxation. Competitive yoga is on the rise, and it looks like it’s here to stay. Need proof? On Sunday, USA Yoga hosted its New England Regional Yoga Asana Championship ...

Ask some dedicated yogis why they kicked their practice into high gear, and they’ll cite improved health, relaxation, and perhaps even spirituality. For Rajashree Choudhury, it was shiny objects: ...

Keri Palasz, of Lititz, accepts the idea that, for some people, the idea of competitive yoga is a bit of a stretch. Palasz, 54, placed first in the female age 50-and-older category at the USA Yoga ...

Three days after moving to a new location, Imperial Beach's IB Yoga studio found itself homeless on Christmas Eve. The studio had moved on the weekend of December 19th into the location of Clube de ...

Only in America, some critics might hold. Take a highly individual, deeply meditative health practice and shrink-wrap it inside the usual obsession about winning and losing. While you’re at it, you ...

Western culture has embraced yoga as an activity — one that has several healthy benefits — transforming it from its ancient Indian origins. As such, it's hard to picture yoga outside of what has ...

When Joseph Encinia first heard the words “yoga” and “competition” in one sentence, he laughed. “I do yoga to relax, to feel my own mind and body, and to not worry about anything else,” he says. Not ...