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 ...

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 ...

Many people practice yoga on a daily basis without really knowing the origins of the popular mediation method. Lisa Brown, founder of Lisa Brown’s Treasures & Gifts aims to increase knowledge of yogi ...

Yoga originated in ancient India, but has spread across the globe, including Africa. A non-profit organization is teaching the physical and spiritual practice there.Two teachers from Nairobi are ...

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 ...

As a longtime yoga practitioner, Lisa Brown had purchased yoga mats for many years but not one of them had ever reflected the actual African heritage of the practice of yoga. Eventually, the irony of ...

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. In ...

Today, Revolution Power Yoga in Eagle-Vail invites you to Africa Yoga Project Day! One hundred percent of the donations raised today will be matched and will go directly to Africa Yoga Project, a ...

Q: What is Afro Flow yoga? A: It's a mash-up of West African dance and vinyasa yoga. Leslie Salmon-Jones, an Alvin Ailey-trained dancer, and her husband, Jeff Jones, an engineer and drummer, created ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The University of Minnesota is looking for African American women to take part in a yoga study. Researchers say the study participants must also be women who get little to no ...

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 ...