Description
Yoga (Sanskrit: योग, translated: "yoke", "union", "mastery", also "reborn") is in its broad context a Hindu philosophy that teaches mastery of the mind, emotions and body, in order to attain union with God.[2] In a more common Western concept, yoga refers to hatha yoga: a branch of yoga (hatha-yoga) consisting of a system of exercises. Indian scholar Jean Herbert also defines yoga with two closely related meanings. His definition is as follows: "Yoga is the state in which man is yoked to the Divine, that is, united with the Divine, as expressed in the word 'religion.' With a slight variation, the word 'yoga' expresses the state in which the 'observable human being' is also united with the 'essential human being,' that is, in which man has regained his true nature and lives in accordance with it. The yoga technique, whatever it may be, is a discipline through which man attempts to attain the state of yoga."
Yoga bench
