Yoga in USA

Hindus have commended Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) in Utah for offering yoga in its various schools, calling it a step in the positive direction. Course Catalog (2017-2018) of its East High School (EHS) offers Yoga I (9-12), whose description includes: “In this course students will unite the mind and body with the spirit, […]

Top-ranked Roman Catholic “Loyola Marymount University” (LMU), rooted in the Jesuit and Marymount tradition and “institutionally committed to Roman Catholicism”, claims to offer “the first Master of Arts in Yoga Studies in America”. Said to be one of its kind in the world, this Master’s program in Yoga Studies, includes studying ancient Hindu scriptures Bhagavad-Gita […]

Hindus are urging all the cities and counties in Virginia to offer free yoga classes, on the same pattern as being offered by the City of Lynchburg. City of Lynchburg’s free “Yoga in the Park” for 16+ will launch on May six, ending on June 24. “Breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the beauty […]

Novant Health; spread across North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia; is offering joint yoga classes for mothers and their under-one-year-old babies in Winston-Salem (North Carolina), which end with a massage for baby. “Practicing yoga with baby is a wonderful way to enjoy your baby’s first year. This one-hour class helps new mothers regain flexibility, […]

Some graduate students of prestigious Duke University (DU) reportedly used yoga as a protest form to bring back free gym access for fourth and fifth-year students and exhibit how strongly they felt about the issue. Protesting the revocation of access, these students held yoga classes on Abele Quad, named in honor of architect Julian Abele, […]

Hindus are urging referendum among all students of Benedictine College (BC), a Roman Catholic college in Atchison (Kansas), on whether to keep or discard yoga. “Concerned student body”, which started an online petitions at “care2 PETITIONS” to “bring back yoga” to BC, has received 99 supporters. “Yoga is a great way to be active and […]

The 2016-17 Presidents’ Trophy winners Washington DC based professional ice hockey team Washington Capitals (Caps) is offering free yoga sessions held in the morning of each Caps game day in upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs April 12 to 26. Called “Playoff Stress Yoga”, Caps team yoga instructor Kelly Moore will host these yoga sessions on the […]

Nationally recognized Rowan University (RU), a public research university in Glassboro (New Jersey), organized a symposium on March 24 regarding effectively bringing yoga based movement to schools. This face-to-face “Second Annual Yoga & Mindfulness in NJ Schools Symposium” was centered on “the benefits of bringing evidence and research based yoga based movement and focused attention […]

Hindus have welcomed Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church (LHUMC) (in Linthicum, Maryland), whose history goes back to 1828, for offering yoga classes. Besides special Lent meditation-prayer services on Wednesdays, LHUMC is also offering two-levels of yoga in Church’s Fellowship Hall which include yoga postures, alignment and breath. Its current classes, “Yoga 1”, will end on […]

Hindus have welcomed Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s flagship university which claims to be “one of the premier Research Universities in the South”, for offering free yoga workshops and clinic; and are urging all US universities to offer such free yoga programs. Besides free Yoga Pranayama (“bring harmony to the mind, body, […]

Hindus have commended Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert (Arizona, USA) offering free yoga classes for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. “This mindful, meditative, mat-based class helps lower anxiety, boost mood and improve quality of sleep”, an announcement says. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, termed it as a […]

Hindus have welcomed Kennedy Center in Washington DC, claimed to the nation’s busiest performing arts center, offering free all-levels vinyasa yoga classes in its Grand Foyer, starting March four. Calling it a step in the positive direction, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, commended Kennedy Center for coming forward with […]

“A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has concluded that yoga may be helpful for low back pain”, according to a University of Maryland release. “We found that the practice of yoga was linked to pain relief and improvement in function,” said the study’s lead author Dr. L. […]

Missouri Catholic hospital offers free yoga to prevent osteoporosis.. Mercy Hospital Washington (Missouri) is offering free yoga for people over 60 “aimed at preventing osteoporosis and other health issues that affect many seniors”. Announcement says that anyone aged sixty or more, “who is interested in increasing their strength and flexibility”, can enroll in this free […]

Nationally recognized hospital Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown (New York) is launching 10-week “Healing Yoga” class from February 17 for “cancer and chronic disease patients” to improve their “quality of life”. It utilizes the practices of yoga therapy as a complement to traditional medicine. Its claimed physical benefits include: increases resistance to illness & […]

Hindus have welcomed Ozarka College of Arkansas, a public community college, for offering “Hatha Yoga” course including “Oms and chanting”, pranayama and meditation. According to Oxford Dictionary of Hinduism, Hatha-Yoga (yoga of force) is a “form of yogic practice designed to bring about liberation and immortality in this life, through the purification and manipulation of […]