At his best, when a crowd of hundreds of students extended their limbs before him or drew deep breaths with their eyes closed, John Friend could captivate minds and shape bodies. Students spoke of ...

Many athletes will one day face the possibility of having to quit or drastically reduce time spent on their sport, due to wear and tear on the body. Erin Nealy, pro snowboarder between 1996 and 2002, ...

On a humid afternoon a couple of weeks ago, John Friend comes to the door of his home in the Woodlands, Texas, a suburb 30 miles outside Houston, wearing a loose-fitting blue shirt, a pair of jeans, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. I am not a very good yogi. Much as I love the way that yoga – when I get round to doing it – helps me to ...

For the microscopic population who still believe that yoga remains the province of a small, vegan, prayer bead-wearing minority, I submit exhibit A: the collapse of Anusara Yoga, otherwise known as ...

There is so much going on in John Friend’s life right now that an assistant once teased him about waking just before dawn and calling to ask for coffee, only to be reminded that he, Friend, was in ...

Leave it to American business to twist a 5,000-year-old Hindu philosophy of gentle poses into an emotional knot. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ...