The origins of yoga go back thousands of years, and the practice of yoga for health has become popular worldwide. A 2016 survey estimated that 36 million Americans may be involved in yoga to varying degrees, for example. With so many practitioners, what do we really know about yoga? What Are the Benefits of Yoga? As I discuss in my video How to Prove Whether Yoga Has Special Benefits, researchers have found that yoga users have better health status and are less likely to be obese, but that could be reverse causation––meaning instead of yoga leading to better health and a normal weight, maybe...
Yoga Put to the Test: What the Science Really Shows
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Oct 20, 2026 • 1 week ago
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