Disturbed by mood lighting and New Age music, Robert Sidoti never found yoga appealing. "It's awkward for most guys just to cross their legs," says the Martha's Vineyard, Mass., personal trainer.

Yoga is practised in the West as a form of physical culture, with postures borrowed from Hatha Yoga and optional spiritual sprinklings for stress relief. In this new series, I will explore the true, ...

You can fire up your abs and sculpt muscle without gym equipment like dumbbells or kettlebells — just use a yoga block. If you've become bored with the many well-known bodyweight ab exercises, here ...