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Connecting with yoga
Updated On: 24 February, 2019 07:00 AM IST | | Devdutt Pattanaik
In the field of yoga, it is used in terms of connection, and depending on the context, it has different meanings
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The word yoga comes to us from the Vedic period. It basically referred to connecting the cart to the horse or the cart to the ox, ergo, it is about connecting two things. The simplest meaning of yoga is a connection, or more specifically, alignment between two concepts or two objects.
In the field of yoga, it is used in terms of connection, and depending on the context, it has different meanings. You can connect the mind with the body, or the breath with the mind, or a connection between the mind, the breath and the body. Some would say it is a connection of the individual with society, others would say yoga can also be the connection between two human beings in a relationship, like a husband and wife, parent and child, teacher and student. In a religious context, one would say it is the connection between the devotee and the deity. Through the practice of yoga, we are sort of able to create a sense of order, alignment and of connection within and without. Within, with reference to our various body organs and body processes, and without, with people and the world around us, at an individual as well as a collective level.
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