(The Conversation) — 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 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic due to the coronavirus is changing how we greet each other. The traditional Indian and far east way of greeting with folded hand and saying Namaste is slowly becoming the ...

Because of the fear of contracting the coronavirus, we have seen the handshake become a greeting of the past. If people were aware of the history of the handshake, they probably would have abandoned ...

A.M. Bhattacharyya, Hindu faith adviser of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council: "Namaste" is a respectful form of greeting in Hindu culture when two persons, male or female, meet and when they ...

We humans were meant to be social animals. We thrived on connection, community and kinship. When we met up with other humans, it wasn’t enough to simply be there with them; we felt an urge to ...

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 ...

This form of greeting doesn’t require touching each other “Namaste”, the Indian way of greeting people is gaining wide acceptability in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Be it US President Donald ...

It's often how you know yoga class is over: The teacher faces the class with their hands together in a bow and says, "Namaste." Maybe you bow and say it back. Even if most Western Europeans and North ...

It’s high time namaste went global, for it has been around in India forever. Namaste may arguably be the oldest form of greeting in active use on our planet. Earthen figures excavated by archeologists ...