Spiritual practice

Japan's education minister apologized on April 25 for using an official car to visit a yoga studio, but denied claims that the facility was offering "sexy private yoga."

A woman was found dead on a deserted vessel during a rescue operation by sea, east of Libya, the organization SOS Meditation reported.

A total of about 1,500 migrants have been rescued in a dozen operations conducted in the last three days in international waters, not far from Libya.

On November 10, Muslims laid their prayer mats on a road in the northern Parisian suburb of Clichy-la-Garenne. They were met with a banner held aloft by local politicians, led by right-wing Mayor Remi Muzeau, which read: “Stop illegal prayers in the streets.”

Christina Mpompa is doing some Yoga while her boyfriend Sakis Tanimanides is busy as the host of the Greek version of the reality show “Survivor” in Santo Domingo.

She followed him there, of course, and doesn’t seem to mind a lot by the fact that he is so busy… She has her yoga and with just one photo the Instagram went crazy!

The head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) has warned the country's youth regarding "short and unnecessary expressions" on social media and the internet, urging them to avoid any kind of image and text that "would take over their minds" on mobile devices.

Experience the benefits of sound therapy, using gongs and crystal bowls. Learn about the powers of sound waves and tone on the human body down to your every last cell, and how the powers of sound can be used for healing. Sound therapy with Vasiliki Kousouni and Anastasio Matzouka takes place Saturday, May 6, from 6 to 7.30 p.m. at the Athens Yoga Center in Panormou.

For the seventh year in a row, the Borderline Festival at the Onassis Cultural Center will be pushing the limits of sound, focusing this year on musical experimentation and electronic sound. The event features guest artists from around the world, who will lead the audience through the sometimes fuzzy line separating silence from noise, composition from improvisation and meditation from dance.

The Serbian Orthodox Church has offered a prayer to God with the goal of stopping the rain and the floods in Serbia, the SPC website has said.

"Lord, You who gather the clouds from the ends of the land, stop it with your commandment and send fair weather to the land," the text of the prayer reads, and adds:

Marina Vovchenko, the 34-year-old mother of three from Moscow, stripped down for some yoga poses and became an instant instagram sensation! The yoga instructor has more than 145,000 Instagram followers thanks to her revealing photos that show off her toned physique and shaved head.

Pope Francis on Dec. 8 launched an extraordinary Catholic Jubilee year by opening a "Holy Door" in the walls of St Peter's, embracing a 700-year-old tradition while urging the Church to reach out and embrace the modern world with mercy.