A research at Pennsylvania State University is reportedly undertaking a yoga-focused mind and body intervention that uses stretching, breathing, prayer and relaxation strategies to increase physical activity, reduce sedentary time, and reduce stress among adults in...
Mineola Union Free School District (MUFSD) in New York state has announced that no home work or examinations will be given on the day of Hindu festival of Diwali, the most popular of their festivals. MUFSD Superintendent Dr. Michael P. Nagler, in an email today to...
Sense, England’s national charity that supports people who are deafblind, has launched free accessible yoga sessions for people with sight and hearing impairments in Peterborough, a cathedral city in eastern England. These gentle and friendly sessions have been made...
An 8-week chair yoga program was associated with reduction in pain, pain interference, and fatigue, and improvement in gait speed; concluded a study recently published in the online Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Sixty-six community-dwelling older adults...
Zimbabwe Hindus are planning extensive events to celebrate 25th anniversary of Shree Omkar Mandir in Ridgeview area of Harare on April 15-16 next. These celebrations, being organized by The Hindoo Society Harare (HSH), a registered welfare organization whose history...
Upset Hindus are urging Eureka (California) based award-winning Lost Coast Brewery to not use Hindu deity Lord Ganesha’s image on its Indica IPA beer bottles, calling it highly inappropriate. Label of its “hoppy and full-bodied” Indica India Pale Ale (ABV 6.50%),...
