The Traditional Practice of Yoga

Posted by Katie Courts on July 7, 2011 | 0 comments

Yoga is usually defined as union – classically the union of the individual and limited self (known as Jiva) and the cosmic self or higher consciousness (known as Atman). This definition is already fraught with problems though, as in typical yoga philosophic schools, there is no division between us and God. Or if the word God doesn’t work for you, we could say...