Sting, Sheryl Crow and Peter Gabriel have contributed to a new CD aimed at raising funds for providing yoga programmes for schoolkids.
Yoga Revolution also features yoga fans Sarah MCLachlan, Ziggy Marley and Seal and the project has been applauded by Hindu leaders and yoga advocates.
U.S. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed is urging music, Hollywood and sports celebrities to come forward to help incorporate yoga into the lives of youth and children.
He says, "Public schools should include yoga in their curriculum. Yoga is a mental and physical discipline whose (sic) traces went back to around 2,000 BC."