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The Origins of the Word 'Yoga' - Preview

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Listen to a lecture and learn how with more than 150 different variants on the verbal root/yuj, from which you create the word "yoga", the Bhagavadgita provides an indispensible resource for broadening the concept that is more narrowly defined in other early sources. What does the Bhagavadgita have to say about how "yoga" can be used in so many different ways? Props Needed: A blanket or a bolster to sit on.

Level

Practice

Education

Props

Blanket

Duration

30 minutes