Everything you ever wanted
to know about yoga.
Five thousand years of yoga, mapped honestly. The history, the philosophy, the styles, the poses, the breath, the science, the celebrities, the practice. Maintained by R1SE Sheffield, the largest hot yoga studio in the North.
5,000+
years of recorded yoga practice
Indus Valley seals, c. 3000 BCE
−42%
lower depression scores after 8 weeks of yoga
Cramer et al., Journal of Affective Disorders 2017
Recommended
by NICE for chronic non-specific low-back pain
NICE NG59
300M+
yoga practitioners worldwide
Yoga Alliance / Global Wellness Institute
Full citations on the Science of Yoga page.
The Library
Eleven topic pages. All fully cited.
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