Wellness retreats, yoga workshops and fitness camps – take your pick of the best active breaks, says Ciara McDonnell.

Aileen O’Reilly looks at ways to turn back the clock without going under the knife Gone are the scary old days of the full facelift complete with the omnipresent dread that telltale staple marks might ruin your freshly ironed visage.

Essential to healthy living, our digestive system tends to slow down as we age. Margaret Jennings looks at how to keep it in tip-top condition.

A senator wants yoga to be taught in schools.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were joined in studio this morning by laughter yoga expert Louise Claire Gates.

Time to perfect your downward facing dog.

Today is International Yoga Day and fans in Cork now have the opportunity to attend multiple outdoor classes.

Following in The Beatles’ footsteps, Elizabeth O’Neill travelled to Rishikesh, India, for intense yoga teacher training — and found it is not for the faint-hearted.

Serious back problems can impact on exercise regimes – but there are fitness alternatives, writes Michelle McBride.

Doctors are only now starting to understand the issues associated with the hypertonic pelvic floor. Yoga can help ease the often chronic pain, writes Jacqui Corcoran

Have you ever done Malasana — squat pose, like you are peeing in the woods — while wearing track pants, asks Suzanne Harrington

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This easy yoga sequence will quickly get your body and mind in the mood for bedtime. Zzzs in 10, 9, 8... 

Given how beneficial this humble weed is, it is worth persisting to include it in your diet, says Megan Sheppard.

Eight minutes of almost any type of high-intensity interval training qualifies as an aerobic workout.

I spent my life pretending I was fine when I wasn’t, pretending that I never needed help when I felt utterly hopeless.

Getting away from it all is best experienced at a full-on yoga and sleep retreat, says Claire O’Sullivan.

Yoga classes, an assault course, cookery demonstrations and health workshops are just some of the things you can experience at Wellfest this weekend.

YOGIC LOGIC

Think flash mobs are all about singing and dancing? Think again.

Clodagh Finn talks to former world champion boxer Bernard Dunne about the benefits of exercise and healthy eating in the workplace.

YOGA wears many hats – from increasing flexibility to boosting relaxation.

By deepening your breathing, the ancient form of exercise helps you to slow down.

The founder of Bikram yoga has been ordered to pay nearly $6.5m (€5.9m) to his former legal adviser, who said he sexually harassed and sacked her for investigating a rape claim.

As January settles in and resolutions give way to good intentions followed by niggling guilt, booking a Yoga retreat holiday for the Easter break may be the perfect way to motivate yourself to stick to the new, healthy course you’ve plotted, writes Ellie O'Byrne. 

Looking for a natural alternative to Botox? Doing 20 minutes of face yoga a day can help to firm sagging skin and ease wrinkles, says Margaret Jennings.                        

Her book Yoga Girl is a new York Times bestseller and she has more than a million followers on social media — Rachel Brathen explains to Clodagh Finn how therapeutic meditation and yoga turned her life around.

Want to keep your heart healthy, but not a fan of traditional cardio workouts? According to new research, practising yoga might just be the answer.

Tanya Sweeney looks at ‘fitspo’, a new beauty craze that claims to empower its followers but may just be an alternative form of body fascism.

Cats don't care about your silly yoga moves.

Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world have bent and twisted their bodies into complex postures to mark International Yoga Day.

IN AN attempt to alter my mind without the assistance of drugs or alcohol, I sign up for a month’s special offer of hot yoga. I used to do it a lot, and remember the amazing spaced out feeling that lasted all day after the class. 

Mark Hayes finally caved and went to a free yoga class in Los Angeles, where he’s currently living. Despite his misgivings, he had a really transcendantal time — for a short while.

Power yoga fusion is sweeping the States — get the experience with this no-kit-required home workout.