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September is a time to celebrate and raise awareness about the health benefits of yoga.

Around 38 million people in the U.S. practice yoga.

Yoga can be an effective way to help people of all ages and abilities.

Mind-body benefits of yoga can be experienced across the lifespan. Source: javiindy/Depositphoto

Yoga is an ancient practice of philosophy and movement that originated in India thousands of years ago (Uebelacker et al., 2021) and was introduced to the U.S. in 1893 (Yatham et al., 2023). In 2008, yoga organizations worked with the Department of Health and Human Services to officially recognize September as National Yoga Awareness Month, a time to celebrate and raise awareness about the health benefits of yoga ( AllYoga, 2024 ).

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