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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t know yoga was a a religion. To the uninitiated, it seems like exercise. Good to know.[/quote]

I find it fairly astonishing you could be this ignorant, but ok:

Yoga is a thousands-year old practice that is a key part of Buddhist and Hindu traditions. It did NOT start as an exercise. It started as a way to strengthen one's mind and body to prepare for meditation--and as part of meditation--to achieve the religious goal of mindfulness and, eventually, escape from the cycle of rebirth (aka nirvana).

Why do you think yoga studios pretty much all have Buddha statues and Om symbols in them? Why do you think yoga instructors use Sanskrit terms like "savasana" or "namaste"? It's not just for fun.[/quote]

So they can sound special and in the clique?  If it is a religion why do I have to spend money to be in, sounds like a cult.  I love yoga and if you want take to a spiritual level I will not be grudge you.  But let’s face 99% of the people there are there to relax, build their core and tighten their butt.  [/quote]

Some of us actually believe in it. You're viewing this in a really cynical way.

No one's asking you to pay your way into a religion. The yoga studios themselves aren't religions; they are simply charging you for the experience of someone guiding you in yoga, which is--at its heart--a spiritual practice. There's nothing in Buddhism or Hinduism that requires payment for anything. You can do yoga--and attain enlightenment--in your own home without interacting with a single other human being.

If you want to have a non-religious experience there, that's fine, but if you disparage what yoga actually is, please go elsewhere because your attitude is frankly offensive. You'll get the same health benefits from pilates or other core classes at your local gym. [/quote]

This is a shockingly a-historical viewpoint.  It's well known that "yoga" as practiced in the US is a mishmash of European gym exercises and Sanskrit terminology. It's not a Hindu or Buddhist religious practice -- actual Hindus get pretty offended if you suggest it is.  https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/yoga-s-greater-truth[/quote]

That's not true of the type of yoga I practice. I am well-informed about what I do. But thanks for your concern.[/quote]

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