Aetna Mind-Body Stress Reduction in the Workplace Trial Results Published

The AVI/Aetna collaboration represents a significant step in the integration of ancient insights into health and healing with modern evidence-based research. Hopefully this type of collaboration will lead to more widespread adoption of self-care practices that support people in their wellness and reduce the burden of stress-related disease on the health care system.
— Gary Kraftsow, MA, E-RYT 500, Founder and Director,
American Viniyoga Institute and Viniyoga Wellness Programs

American Viniyoga Institute and YogaAnatomy.net are now accepting enrollments for the Yoga Anatomy: Principles Class of 2012 ..

It's not about the postures, it's about the practitioner.
-- Gary Kraftsow ..

Karen Sherman’s first randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating the effectiveness of yoga for low back pain was published in 2005 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Her initial study was met by high enthusiasm among Viniyoga teachers and therapists as well as the broader yoga community. ..

Audio downloads of Gary Kraftsow’s commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali have been reduced to $5.95 per lesson. ..

Chanting makes the sutras intimate for you. That's true in every tradition: if you want to have serious membership in the tradition you memorize the ancient texts. The way to have this intimate connection to it is to know the words by heart and to recite them. You're removing the distance between you and the Word.
-Andy Sugerman, AVI Viniyoga Foundations Program Faculty in an interview in YogaCity New York ..

IAYT 2011 Karma Yoga Award for Remarkable Service and Effective Leadership goes to Clare Collins! ..

Nikki Myers was introduced to yoga in the trendy 70s - and then it lay dormant while she pursued her dual careers of jazz singing and software design (she holds songwriting credits and software patents in these fields). Emotional and physical stressors encouraged her to return to her yoga practice some years later. ..