Lavretsky said the study demonstrates that using yoga and memory training in tandem could provide more comprehensive benefits to the cognition of older women. "Ideally, people should do both ...

They are part of Northumbria University's new study into the benefits of yoga for older people with two or more long-term health conditions.

"But how many people know exactly what yoga is?" asks Dr Manmath Gharote ... as integral to yoga practice" but are not found in any old texts and only started being taught around the 1930s ...