IIRC, I had read once, descriptions of several yoga poses and how they were re-enactments or salutes, memorials, that kind of thing, of elements in the life of one or several Hindu gods.
Always made me a bit leery of yoga.
YUP. Folks are wise to steer clear of it.
...yoga poses and how they were re-enactments or salutes, memorials, that kind of thing, of elements in the life of one or several Hindu gods.
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I’ve seen explanations from Hindus that sound closer to voodoo in that the poses are invitations to the gods to enter the body of the practitioner.
Don’t know anything from personal experience. Did some and was bored, so I quit.