William Broad, the renowned technical writer of the New York Times, has recently shared a world of information regarding the concept, benefits and hype of yoga, the art of Indian origin. It has been said that the blend of bending, stretching and deep breathing has enticed in excess of 20 million people from all over the United States.

On the other hand, the expert has also come up with some negative aspects of the process, and the majority of them have been enlisted in his recently penned story dubbed “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body”. It basically focused on the possibilities of yoga to impose blinding pain, and said that it can result in causing a fair amount of online indignation among devoted yogis.

However, it was just a bite taken from a book which has been made available this week under the unbiased heading “The Science of Yoga: The Risks and Rewards”. Also, it is worth mentioning here that the author himself is no yoga-hater, as he has practiced yoga continuously since 1970 and has now spent more than five years researching on the pros and cons associated with the concept of yoga.

His conclusion, as revealed by him during the course of a phone conference: “There's a lot of good stuff in yoga, but there's also a lot of hype”.

The book stress on a variety of issues, including how to select a professional and skilled yoga teacher, which class will match your goals, what time limit can you stretch up to, etc.

He claims that no scientific formula exists behind for deciding for an appropriate and secure, yoga session. It is clear that different branches of yoga have their own respective criteria for individual teachers, teacher training as well as classes. As they tend to very a great deal, so must be the goals, preferences and requirements of those soliciting yoga classes.