many people believe yoga actively fights stress and disease -  the health benefits of yoga are plentiful. yoga came to rio de janeiro in the late 19th century, and was immediately lauded for its ability to help brazilian martial arts(link) athletes in adding another dimension to their training.

capoeira is one of brazil's most famous native martial arts, and capoeira(link) practitioners regularly augment their training with yoga - this is also common with brazilian jiu jitsu(link).