Meaning of Yoga

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'The word yoga means 'unity' or 'oneness' and is derived from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means 'to join.' This unity or joining is described in spiritual terms as the union of the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. On a more practical level, yoga is a means of balancing and harmonising the body, mind and emotions.' 

(Swami Satyananda Saraswati)

'to come together,' 'to unite,' 'to tie the strands of the mind together,' 'to attain what was previously unattainable.'

(T. K. V. Desikachar)

'Yoga is a classical Indian science dealing dealing with the search for the soul. The word 'yoga' signifies both the way to discovery of the soul and union with it.

(Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta)

'Yoga means yoke, union, or discipline... 

...to strengthen the body, to bring flexibility not only to the spine, but to the mind, and to calm the nervous system and quiet the mind enough to connect the practitioner more deeply to his or her spiritual centre.'

(Linda Sparrowe)

'Yoga is a philosophy, a science and an art.'

(Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta)