An eight-week regimen of yoga proved safe for patients with chronic heart failure and helped reduce signs of inflammation often linked with death, according to a study released on Monday.

A Massachusetts high school principal has assigned mandatory yoga classes for seniors.

A computer game which helps improve facial muscles is to launch in the UK. Called Face Training, it is the latest attempt by Nintendo to attract more women to gaming.

Back pain can be caused by a number of situations, from slipped discs to damaged muscles or ligaments. However, back pain can also be caused by infections, bone spurs or tumors. When yoga for back pain is implemented, the pain is reduced by stretching and strengthening the spine.

Fortunately, for New Yorkers, yoga seems to be an appropriate way to destress and define your body. Whether you want to lose weight, increase flexibility, decrease stress or all of the above, yoga can be a very good option.

An organisation specialising in yoga-based personal development training has become the first community interest company to be registered in Northern Ireland.

Dr. Madan Kataria, a family physician from Mumbai, India, created the Laughter Yoga method and started the first laughter club in 1995. There are now more than 5,000 Laughter Clubs in 40 countries. The latest has arrived in California's Napa Valley. 

Alice Norlinger fixes her eyes straight ahead and bends over into the "Downward Facing Dog" pose, hands touching the ground. From there, she lifts her feet up over her head and into a balanced handstand. She is 87. 

A new study at Ohio State University Medical Center seeks to determine whether yoga can relieve fatigue and depression and positively affect immune function in breast cancer survivors.

Have you ever wished you could do downward dog with a decomposing body?