YOGA DEVELOPMENT SPREAD AND AWARENESS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . Keywords: yoga, health, lifestyle, integrative medicine INTRODUCTION The latest ‘global action plan on physical activity’, by the WHO (World Health Organization) stresses health and wellness as an outcome of being ‘active’ [ 1 ]. Health is a broad concept, finding its roots in physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellness [ 2 ]. In this context, public health delivery is critical for provisioning an evidence-based integration of alternative approaches for the public good. This is possible by analyzing health-seeking behavior based on the knowledge–practice gap in the population (a knowledge–practice gap is defined as the failure of the public to adopt the existing practices despite knowledge that it promotes the health of an individual). As an integrative medicine (IM) approach that incorporates a broad range of therapies for holistic health based on preferences for Western and ...