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Yoga is a spiritual practice, the fundamental goal is realizing your true (non-physical) self. The physical exercises started out as conditioning to be able to
by codr7 6y ago
Yoga is a spiritual practice, the fundamental goal is realizing your true (non-physical) self.
The physical exercises started out as conditioning to be able to sit longer in meditation, which is how you get there.
- andrei_says_ 6y agoWhat if the “physical” exercises included aspects that qualitatively changed the state of one’s mind in ways that cannot be contained by thinking and thus cannot be expressed by language?
- codr7 6y agoSure, and that goes for all internal experiences. In the ashram where I stayed we weren't even allowed to talk about the practice.