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A Zanzibar ‘divorce advocate’ says marriage is making women sick

Ayda Abdallah has been practicing and teaching yoga for the last eight years, focusing her attention on women in crisis who struggle with their mental health.

Best of 2016: Kurt’s Favorite Conversations

Arts, Culture & Media
Laughter Yoga in Dallas

Going to laughter yoga (part two)

Arts
A woman laughs at a laughter Yoga class in Dallas

Going to laughter yoga (part one)

Arts
india yoga

On International Yoga Day, India celebrates ‘soft power’ — and aims for a record

Global Politics
A yoga class for girls and young mothers in the slum of Kariobangi. Mothers bring their kids to class.

‘When we were doing yoga, they forgot their differences’

Culture

Catherine Njeri discovered yoga at a time of crisis in Kenya, when a disputed presidential election threw the country in turmoil. She found yoga fostered rare moments of calm in camps for displaced survivors. Now years on, she helps others learn to teach it through the Africa Yoga Project.

Stress

Hold off on the chill pill. Stress isn’t that bad for you.

Health

What if there was an upside to the anxiety we feel?

A photograph of Swami Vivekananda in 1893 during his visit to Chicago. On the left, Vivekananda wrote: "One infinite, pure and holy – beyond thought, beyond qualities, I bow down to thee."

How a long-dead Hindu swami influences India’s prime minister

Culture

Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu spiritual leader who made a big splash in the US in the late 1800s, and he is still considered the guru to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BKS Iyengar in Pune, India, being interviewed for the documentary "Enlighten Up".

Remembering Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar — the man who brought yoga to the US

Lifestyle

BKS Iyengar was known as the man who introduced the ancient Indian practice of yoga to the world. He died on Wednesday, age 95.

Caught in a bad romance?

Global Scan

Poor Ukraine is caught between two lovers as its president searches for a happy end to this love triangle. Amazon’s cute little PrimeAir drone, delivering packages like a stork delivers babies, has about the same level of reality. And we explore the many faces of yoga, in today’s edition of the Global Scan.