YOGA

Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation

Yoga is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India According to Gavin of Shiva performing Yogic meditation

Flood, Academic Director of the Oxford Center for Hindu Studies it has been defined as "technologies or disciplines of asceticism and meditation which are thought to lead to spiritual experience and profound understanding or insight into the nature of existence. Yoga is also a feature of other Indian religious practices

Outside India, Yoga is mostly associated with the practice of asana (postures) of form of exercise

Hindu texts discussing different aspects of yoga include the Upanishads, the Bhagavt Gita, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita, and many others.

Major branches of Yoga include: Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Janna Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga Raja Yoga, established by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and known simply as Yoga in the context of Hindu philosophy, is one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of thought.