Yoga, so-called, as practiced in the West is nothing more nor less than a set of preposterous contortions engaged in by fitness nuts in leotards; it has nothing to do with actual yoga, which is the union of the individual self with the universal Self.
“it has nothing to do with actual yoga, which is the union of the individual self with the universal Self.”
You’re brave to say that on FR!
Yes, it’s mostly a marketing vehicle for other stuff in the West. But some elements of Yoga do remain in most of those meditation and exercise systems from what I’ve seen.
Where I come from, we call it, “Stretching.”