What is Yoga?

What is the practice of yoga?

What does it mean to practice?

Yoga means to yuj or to yolk, join together if you will. With the aid of this practice we are able to make our bodies fit vehicles for our spirits. Through this practice we understand the work of wisdom.

Yoga teaches us that the mind is a reservoir of peace and a generator of abundant energy that humans may access to uplift themselves.

Through this practice we understand the universal laws which include; respect for life, truth, and patience which are revealed to us through quiet breath, calmness of mind, and firmness of will.

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