How We Create Our Content
Last updated: 3 July 2026
Everything on yoga.com is built to one standard: when you finish an article, your question should be answered - accurately, safely, and with the evidence in plain sight. This page explains the standards every article must meet before it goes live, and what to do if we fall short of them.
Our editorial standards
- Named sources for every health claim. Any claim about your body, a condition, or a benefit is tied to a specific, linked source - organisations like the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Health, and peer-reviewed research. If we cannot source a claim, we cut it.
- Evidence honesty. Mixed evidence is reported as mixed. Observational studies are not dressed up as proof. "Associated with" is never quietly upgraded to "causes." Where a topic is perspective rather than settled science, we say so.
- Safety before style. Guidance that touches a medical condition or a vulnerable population carries its cautions up front - including a clear "talk to your doctor or physical therapist first" line - not buried at the end. We would rather lose a little polish than a reader's trust in a caution they never saw.
- Usefulness over clicks. Topics are chosen because a real practitioner might genuinely wonder about them - whether a pose is safe for a stiff lower back, how slow breathing affects stress - not because they trend.
How a page earns publication
Each article starts with research against the named authorities above, is drafted with the help of modern editorial tools, and must then pass a verification pass before it can publish: every citation is checked to confirm the source is real and actually supports the sentence it is attached to; the piece is screened for originality, readability, and for the prominence of its safety guidance. An article that fails any of these checks does not go live until it is fixed.
Corrections and updates
When we get something wrong, we fix it - and we are grateful to whoever catches it. A page's "updated" date changes only when the content meaningfully changes, never as decoration. When new evidence shifts what a responsible article should say, the article changes with it.
Check our work
The sources sit at the bottom of every article precisely so you can verify them yourself - that is the whole point. This is general educational content, not personal medical advice; for anything specific to your body, please talk to a qualified professional and read our Health & Safety Disclaimer.
Have a question about how we work, or spotted something we should correct? Write to us at info@yoga.com.
