My first experience with yoga took place at my grandmother's house when I was five years old. Sitting across from her at the dining table, half-awake as the Kolkata sun began to warm the day, I ...

The government is trying to get yoga recognized throughout the world as India's cultural property. Since his election last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist and devout yoga ...

India has its first ‘yoga czar,’ Shripad Yesso Naik. His official title is “Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy” (AYUSH) and his appointment is part of Narendra ...

Indian Prime Minister and longtime yoga practitioner Narendra Modi led an estimated 50,000 volunteers through a series of yoga asanas Thursday to celebrate the fourth anniversary of International Yoga ...

Yoga has resurged in popularity in the United States. And Mysore, in southern India, is cashing in on the craze. The city has been transformed by Americans' (and other foreigners) fascination with ...

Commentator Sandip Roy is an editor with New America Media. True confession: I am an Indian who doesn't do yoga. I wouldn't know a downward dog if it bit me. But because I'm Indian, people don't even ...

India’s global influence has long extended beyond politics and economics, reaching into the cultural and spiritual realms. In recent years, one of the most quietly powerful tools in India’s soft power ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits on a mat as he performs yoga along with thousands of Indians on Rajpath, a boulevard in New Delhi, June 21, 2015. Read next: 5 Things to Know About Modi’s Yoga ...

From the UK to Canada, China to India, around the world, yoga is big business. In 2016, Americans alone spent US$16 billion on yoga classes and products. To put that figure into perspective – this is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Current affairs, business, security, international relations, sport. International Yoga Day, June 21, was celebrated across the ...