The story began in Africa. Paige Elenson, a native New Yorker, spied African acrobats doing crazy handstands. She joined in. Elenson, who practices an acrobatic brand of yoga, later started Africa ...

For most travelers, a Kenyan safari involves days of patiently waiting for a glimpse of lions, elephants, or an elusive leopard hiding in the bush. For native New Yorker Paige Elenson, a 2006 family ...

WEBVTT YOGA ORIGINATED IN ANCIENT INDIA...BUT HAS SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD... INCLUDING AFRICA. A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IS TEACHING THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE THERE. TWO TEACHERS FROM ...

Laura Tropea-Papenhagen has a corporate job as an attorney in Farmington Hills and is planning to go to Africa to teach yoga next month in an extraordinary journey that began after she injured her ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Knoxville has been selected for a yoga tour that helps create opportunities for youth in Africa. Africa Yoga Project is offering several different events at their partner’s studios, ...

As a longtime yoga practitioner, Lisa Brown had purchased yoga mats for many years but not one of them had ever reflected the actual African heritage of the practice of yoga. Eventually, the irony of ...

There he stands, Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, striking a pose on a purple mat, bathed in the light of dawn. Breathing. Stretching. Opening up his mind – a group of young children following and ...

Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical mind and body practice. Most present day practices share some variation of yoga poses (asana), breathing exercises (pranayama), relaxation, and meditation. In ...

I had practiced yoga for more than 10 years before getting serious. What changed? For the first time, I had a black teacher who blended African music, mantra and meditation into the practice. The ...

Many people practice yoga on a daily basis without really knowing the origins of the popular mediation method. Lisa Brown, founder of Lisa Brown’s Treasures & Gifts aims to increase knowledge of yogi ...