a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
any of the methods or disciplines prescribed, especially a series of postures and breathing exercises practiced to achieve control of the body and mind, tranquillity, etc.
union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
Origin of yoga
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1810–20
I soon began a regimen of chiropractic care, acupuncture, yoga, and physical therapy that’s kept me blessedly migraine-free.
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Sports offered include billiards, bocce, bowling, darts, rock climbing, tennis, volleyball, dodgeball, and yoga – and the league is continually growing.
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She enjoys hiking, skiing, biking, and also works as a yoga instructor—even though Brazinski was born without a left leg, due to a rare birth defect, and uses a prosthetic leg to walk.
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For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
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She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
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Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
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Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.
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“I would go with yoga, light weight training or some elliptical,” he says.
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Yoga Rama then made a long speech about happiness depending on our own selves and our being what we willed ourselves to be.
Telepathy|W. W. Baggally
With undiminished zeal, I practiced the yoga method steadily for about six months after Kashi's death.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
The knowledge of yoga is free to all who will receive, like the ungarnishable daylight.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
(The sages are said to have miraculous powers by force of their yoga).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki
This exclamation appeared to disconcert Yoga Rama a good deal.
Telepathy|W. W. Baggally
British Dictionary definitions for yoga
yoga
/ (ˈjəʊɡə) /
noun(often capital)
a Hindu system of philosophy aiming at the mystical union of the self with the Supreme Being in a state of complete awareness and tranquillity through certain physical and mental exercises
any method by which such awareness and tranquillity are attained, esp a course of related exercises and postures designed to promote physical and spiritual wellbeingSee Astanga yoga, Bikram yoga, hatha yoga, power yoga, raja yoga, Sivananda yoga
Derived forms of yoga
yogic (ˈjəʊɡɪk), adjective
Word Origin for yoga
C19: from Sanskrit: a yoking, union, from yunakti he yokes