A recent article in Reuters tells the story of Aisha Chapra, a yoga instructor and former social worker who volunteers her time teaching yoga to the inmates at a women’s prison in Karachi, Pakistan.  Inspired by the transformative role of

Adapted from an article that first appeared in Yoga Therapy Today, a publication of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (www.IAYT.org).  With the aging population, yoga teachers are often called on to work with people with a wide range of physical

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