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How to Maintain Yoga's Lineage in Modern Times

How to Maintain Yoga's Lineage in Modern Times

Let’s remember yoga is comprised of eight limbs and each one offers an abundant and unique harvest to the one who practices it.
"The PrayFit Diet" (Book Review)

"The PrayFit Diet" (Book Review)

Jimmy Pena's book is the perfect solution for religious believers who want to integrate faith and fitness.
Lifting Covered: One Woman’s Experiences of Weightlifting and Islam, Part 2

Lifting Covered: One Woman’s Experiences of Weightlifting and Islam, Part 2

Kulsoom Abdullah paved the way for Muslim women to wear traditional garb while competing in weightlifting. Now she talks about other aspects of religion and training, like fasting during Ramadan.
Lifting Covered: One Woman’s Experiences of Weightlifting and Islam, Part 1

Lifting Covered: One Woman’s Experiences of Weightlifting and Islam, Part 1

In her home country Kulsoom would have no access to athletic facilities. In the U.S. she was told she could not compete in her religious garb. What happens when religion and weightlifting collide?