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The ancient practice of yoga is increasingly finding a new following — among doctors and medical researchers who are working to prove its benefits for a variety of illnesses.

Understanding and accepting that bad things happen, that things won’t always go our way, that people and events will disappoint us — it’s not pessimism. Rather, it’s reality.

Well, I think it is safe to say that by now, we’ve all been downsized. Even if you still have your job, even if you invest your funds under your mattress rather than in the stock market, you’re feeling the effects of our country’s current fiscal …

Muslim authorities in Malaysia certainly think it is. Last month, they issued a ruling banning Muslims there from the practice because they said it has traces of Hinduism that can threaten one’s salvation. Those Muslim leaders aren’t alone in their …

Puma Yoga, 15602 Detroit Ave., is helping local yogis give back to the Lakewood community through the “Yoga Tree,” a tree on which donations for families in need can be placed. The tree was set up in October by Puma…

“A lot of our diseases have some sort of origins in stress, and the stress reaction,” said William Frey, who is leading a yoga class at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., as part of a UNC-Chapel Hill study among patients with irritable bowel syndrome. “By taking care of stress, you’re starting to eliminate some of the diseases that are caused by it.”

MIAMI – You can do it if you’re young. Or old. Or in 100-plus-degree rooms.

RALEIGH, N.C. • The ancient practice of yoga is increasingly finding a new following – among doctors and medical researchers who are working to prove its benefits for a variety of illnesses.

Practical Power of Yoga With Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman

Just a few weeks ago the Wellness Center at Cape Coral Hospital began featuring yoga and aquatics classes for those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.