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Apparently "yoga" means "union" [1]. There are practices for clearing out the nose (neti) but they're not yoga in and of themselves. If you follow Patanjali [2]
by nprateem 7y ago
Apparently "yoga" means "union" [1]. There are practices for clearing out the nose (neti) but they're not yoga in and of themselves. If you follow Patanjali [2] the ultimate aim of yoga is spiritual, and there are multiple paths to reach the same experience.
[1] https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-word-yoga-mean-in-Sanskrit https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-word-yoga-mean-in-Sanskr...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali
- openfuture 7y agoThis is correct but Patanjali explicitly defines the yogic path as synonymous with 'perfect discipline' so while he acknowledges other paths he says this one is the one of discipline (so saying yoga means practice gives the right intuition imo)