State laws are pushing PFAS out of yoga clothes and sports bras on a schedule that tightens again in 2027. Here is what the chemicals were doing in your activewear, what testing found and how to shop now.

The research on the metabolic cost of yoga says most classes are light activity, yet continuous Sun Salutations can reach moderate and even vigorous intensity. Here is how to build a yoga session that counts toward your cardio minutes.

Yoga builds strength in specific populations by specific measures, and then it hits a ceiling that no amount of extra repetition moves. Here is what the load research says, what the bone density claim actually rests on, and how to add two sessions a week.

Blocks, bolsters and straps get treated as training wheels. The research on stretch tolerance, muscle activation and joint load suggests they change what the tissue experiences, and the one thing everyone claims about them has never been tested.

The research on static stretching has a clean dose response, and it rules out far less than the gym wisdom suggests. Where yoga belongs in a week that also includes lifting and conditioning.

In most rooms, the person whose forehead reaches the shin is treated as the model. A body that reaches end range easily often controls it poorly, and the practice that serves it looks nothing like the one being demonstrated.

A new network meta-analysis put meditation, yoga, qigong and tai chi in the same statistical ring. The ranking is a redirection, not a defeat.

Three studies in three countries this summer found the effective dose of yoga is smaller than anyone assumed. The obstacle was never the yoga.

Nervous-system regulation is 2026's biggest wellness trend. The real science says yoga has been doing it all along.

Searches for walking yoga jumped 2,414 percent. Here is why recovery-first training and gentle movement may be the smartest practice of the year.