Yoga is Not a
Religion
Yoga is not a religion. People of many different faiths —
Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews — as well as agnostics and atheists, practice yoga
because of its numerous benefits and life-enrichment. Many
millions practice yoga for its asanas, its physical exercises,
which are regularly acclaimed to be extraordinarily health-giving by many doctors around
the world.
And, too, many millions practice some form of yoga meditation in order to contact their  higher consciousness, or commune deeply with the Lord. Many who
practice yoga meditation are deeply religious, while many others who practice these
meditations are agnostics seeking verifiable experience and personal transformation.A
yoga devotee strives to live in an ongoing and progressively more joyous state of harmony.
Body, mind, and emotions are brought into attunement with one another and with one’s
soul, or spiritual self. The devotee finds this ongoing state of harmony not only to be a
wonderful way to live but an essential factor in becoming
enlightened — living in higher consciousness.
The average person lives in a...
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