In the same podcast interview, yoga studies scholar Andrea Jain agrees with Mallinson’s view that saying namaste is not ...

“Namaste,” a common greeting in India and South Asia, has become a global cultural phenomenon – the word appears everywhere, ...

Namaskar and namaste are also the most spiritual ways to greet a person. The word Namaste means 'bow to you' and is derived from a Sanskrit word made up of "namah". Namah means bowing in awe of ...

Hands over the heart in prayer pose. A little bow of the head. A gesture of respect. An acknowledgment of our shared humanity. And no touching. As people the world over are choosing to ditch the ...

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"Namaste" has a meaning among Hindi speakers. But in the U.S., the word has been wrangled out of its context and tossed around to mean whatever... It's often how you know yoga class is over: The ...

Hands over the heart in prayer pose. A little bow of the head. A gesture of respect. An acknowledgement of our shared humanity. And no touching. As people the world over are choosing to ditch the ...

Editor's note:This post was originally published on July 26, 2015. The topic — the meaning of the greeting "namaste" — was in the news this week. According to a report in the Atlanta Journal ...

Georgia parents were uncomfortable with the phrase's seeming religiosity. But to our author who grew up in India, namaste was a way of saying... Editor's note: This post was originally published on ...