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yoga
[ yoh-guh ]
noun
- 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 or all of the methods or disciplines prescribed in the Hindu philosophical school of yoga, especially a series of postures and breathing exercises practiced to achieve tranquility, control of the body and mind, etc.
- union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
yoga
/ ˈjəʊɡɪk; ˈjəʊɡə /
noun
- 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 wellbeing See Astanga yoga Bikram yoga hatha yoga power yoga raja yoga Sivananda yoga
yoga
- In Hinduism , a set of mental and physical exercises aimed at producing spiritual enlightenment.
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Derived Forms
- yogic, adjective
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Other Words From
- yo·gic [yoh, -gik], adjective
- yo·gism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yoga1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yoga1
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Example Sentences
For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
Alison, meanwhile, had gone to a yoga retreat with her hippy-dippy mother.
“I would go with yoga, light weight training or some elliptical,” he says.
You will simply lose the right to deny Yoga-Vidya, the great ancient science of my country.
Movement increases the exhaled carbonic acid, and so the Yoga practice prescribes avoidance of movement.
A form of Yoga that is said to consist in the mingling of some of the air supposed to exist in every animal body.
He adds minute instructions on the technique of penance and ends with some definitions of the yoga of devotion.
He became the favored disciple of a priest who taught him the mystic doctrines of the Yoga.
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