"As a physician, I would recommend that laughter is something we should make a part of our life every day," said Dr. Madan Kataria. He claims laughter has a strong effect on the immune system.

From luxury hotel resorts to rustic retreats, yoga offerings and yoga-centric vacations have increasingly become a carrot to lure vacationers that want more than a fabulous place to stay and entertainment. The past five years have seen growth in yoga vacations.

Dallas area yoga practitioners Leanne Hall, Adri Kyser, and Joanna Waller and the Texas Rangers will participate in the largest worldwide yoga event, The Global Mala Project, on September 21 at the Arlington Stadium. Festivities include Leanne Hall throwing the opening pitch and yoga demonstrations. Following the game baseball fans will join others throughout the world to create a Peace Wave through simple yoga poses.

While yoga can and often does incorporate meditation and relaxation, athletes, particularly runners, cyclists and triathletes, now embrace the practice for its physical workout and usefulness in cross-training and injury prevention.

Resistance training and yoga have proven beneficial to women with early-stage breast cancer, Canadian and U.S. researchers found.

The Hindu Council UK (HCUK) believes the refusal to allow yoga in the church premises in Taunton breaches the Equality Act of 2006, and have ordered their lawyers to investigate the situation.

A toddler group has been banned from a church hall in England, because their yoga lessons were deemed unchristian.

Ruff yoga. Fido fitness. Bow-wow bonding. Call it whatever you want. Doggie-and-me yoga "Doga" has hit a hip Southern city.

Tanzanian herbal and science doctors may soon study yoga at Patanjali University, according to Guru Swamiji Ramdevi Maharaj. Maharaj says the majority of doctors lack knowledge on treating people with chemical-free medications and is interested in bringing about change on an international level.

The practice of yoga and other mind-body therapies may help control hypertension, a new study finds.