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yoga

[yoh-guh]

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noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

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.

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Origin:
1810–20; < Sanskrit

Related forms

yo·gic

[yoh-gik] , adjective

yo·gism, noun

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Patenting yoga violates the tradition it springs from.

Flexible-spending accounts are to personal finances what yoga is to your body.

The aim is for them to become fitter-activities range from yoga to martial arts-as well as slimmer.

I've begun going to school to become a yoga instructor and fitness trainer.

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yoga (ˈjəʊɡə)

—n
1.	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
2.	Astanga yoga Bikram yoga hatha yoga power yoga raja yoga See Sivananda yoga 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

[C19: from Sanskrit: a yoking, union, from yunakti he yokes]

yogic

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

yoga

1820, from Hindi yoga, from Skt. yoga-s, lit. "union, yoking" (with the Supreme Spirit), from PIE base *yeug- "to join" (see jugular). Yogi (1619) is from Hindi yogi, from Skt. yoga-s.

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