In Ashtanga yoga, you perform the same set of poses, in the same order, for the same breath count. Benefits of Ashtanga yoga include improved well-being, increased strength, and a calmer mind.

Over the years, yoga has branched out into myriad forms such as aerial yoga, hot yoga, vinyasa etc. Touted as the toughest is ashtanga yoga, which R Sharath Jois is a renowned expert in, with over 28 ...

An exercise called Ashtanga yoga may get boost from a new movie. Madonna’s new movie “The Next Best Thing” could do for Ashtanga yoga what John Travolta and “Saturday Night Fever” did for disco–or ...

Who doesn’t want to look good and stay fit? Wish there were a magic trick to achieve that? Well, there is, say yogis who swear by it. Yoga, when made an integral part of one’s lifestyle, has several ...

The whole country is celebrating the festival of Guru Purnima today. We have received the lessons of yoga from this guru tradition. In this yoga discipline, the greatest importance is given to ...

NEW DELHI — Krishna Pattabhi Jois, a yoga teacher and practitioner famous for popularizing Ashtanga yoga in the West, has died. He was 93. Jois died in the southern Indian city of Mysore on Monday, a ...