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Meditation

A semazen leans his head back while turning during a sema ritual at the Irfan Civilization Research and Culture Center in Konya, Turkey.

Turkey’s ‘whirling dervishes’ strive to keep the practice sacred amid tourist demand

Sacred Nation

In the city of Konya, adherents of a Sufi ritual meditation are torn between commercialism and tradition.

German water polo player Moritz Oeler

In some cultures, psyching up for competition means quieting down

Sports
Yoga class in Washington, DC

If you’re looking for the one true yoga, you’re out of luck

Health & Medicine

Yoga Now Standard Treatment for Vets with PTSD

Conflict & Justice

LOL, London

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Laughter Yoga Becomes the Latest Secret to Bust Stress

Health & Medicine

The World’s Rahul Joglekar stopped by at a Laughter Yoga session in central London.

Two men perform difficult pose on grass lawn

The debate surrounding Olympic yoga

Sports

There is a movement to get yoga into the Olympics, but not everyone in the yoga community supports the idea, as The World’s Kristine Allington reports.

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