Healthy living

Tradition states that serious yoga practitioners should eat a pure vegetarian diet, promoting purity and peace to body and mind. But how realistic is this ideal? Meera Vohora takes in the pros and cons.

Its consequences can include exhaustion and depression. A trip to the doctor could result in a prescription for drugs – yet natural alternatives such as yoga can be a powerful alleviator. Lucia Cockcroft looks at how insomnia can be treated naturally.

Singing can have many of the same benefits as yoga: improved fitness and posture, better lung capacity, and sharper mental alertness. Singer and singing coach Helen Astrid tells all.

Twelve weeks pregnant and constantly exhausted and nauseous, Alexia Barnard turned to yoga for help. Several months and yoga classes later, her energy levels and sense of well-being have been restored.

Staying fit and supple needn't be a huge commitment. Perhaps it's time to ignore colleagues' puzzled stares and dabble in some office yoga, says journalist Martin Drury.