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'Green' yoga teachers could kill

Performing yoga while being instructed by an inexperienced teacher can be deadly as they sometimes put pupils in life threatening positions, an expert on the activity has warned.

Up against the ropes

Even the fittest-looking people in the class began to tremble as their arms and abs struggled to support their body weight. With their hands on the floor and feet suspended by 6-foot ropes, they hoisted themselves into pushup and pike positions and kicked their legs as if running in place.

Prevent yoga injuries: Avoid these 5 mistakes

Suddenly yoga is on the outs. âFor many people, a number of commonly taught yoga poses are inherently risky,â according to a new yoga-bashing book excerpted in the New York Times Magazine last month. The book's author, science writer William Broad, described his own experience where his back went out while engaged in an extended-side-angle pose âhailed as a cure for many diseasesâ and said that ...

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Warning on yoga danger a bit of a stretch

Australians are pulling on yoga pants and rolling out mats in growing numbers.