Editorial Policy

1. What we publish

YogaMag publishes educational content on yoga poses, sequences, meditation, pranayama, book summaries, and wellness tools. Our goal is practical, readable guidance for home practitioners — not a substitute for personalised medical or therapeutic care.

2. Authorship & credentials

Articles include a named author byline with a link to their author page. Where authors hold teaching credentials (for example RYT/E-RYT), those details belong on the author profile. We do not claim content is “medical-reviewed” unless a named, credentialed reviewer and review date are shown on the page. We don't have a medical reviewer at the moment, so no page on YogaMag says it is medically reviewed. Pages without a named author are written by the YogaMag editors.

Some health pages say “Reviewed by the YogaMag editorial team”. That means the editors checked the page against its listed sources and removed or softened any claim those sources do not support. It is an editorial review, not a medical one, and those pages say so.

3. Sourcing

Health-adjacent claims should cite primary sources (peer-reviewed journals, PubMed, NIH, or recognised clinical guidelines) with links. Vague phrases like “scientifically proven” without a citation are edited out. If a claim cannot be sourced, it is removed or rewritten as personal practice guidance.

4. Safety & disclaimers

Condition-focused content (back pain, pregnancy, blood pressure, mental health, and similar) must include contraindications where known and a clear medical disclaimer. Readers with injuries, pregnancy, or diagnosed conditions should consult a qualified clinician or yoga therapist before practising.

5. Corrections

When we find errors, unsafe guidance, or outdated year-specific lists, we update the article and show a visible updated date. Report issues via Contact.

6. Commercial relationships

Affiliate recommendations include a visible disclosure. Outbound commercial links use rel="sponsored nofollow". Sponsored content, if any, is labelled clearly and does not override safety standards.

7. How we use AI tools

We use AI tools to help with research, drafting, images and some audio. The same rules apply whatever helped make a page: health claims need a cited source, pose instructions must be safe and accurate, and we take responsibility for everything we publish. Pose images are checked for correct alignment before they go live, and images or audio that get a pose or a fact wrong are redone.

8. Updates

Pages show the date their content last changed. We don't change that date unless the content itself changes.