Yogist vs. Yoga — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Yogist and Yoga
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Yogist
Pertaining to yogism.
Yoga
Yoga (; Sanskrit: योग; ISO: Yōga , pronunciation), Sanskrit for "yoking" or "union", is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox philosophical schools of Hinduism.
Yogist
A practitioner of yoga.
Yoga
Also Yoga An ascetic Hindu discipline involving controlled breathing, prescribed body positions, and meditation, with the goal of attaining a state of deep spiritual insight and tranquility.
Yoga
A system of stretching and positional exercises derived from this discipline to promote good health, fitness, and control of the mind.
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Yoga
Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.
Yoga
The tree Elaeocarpus joga.
Yoga
A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.
Yoga
Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
Yoga
A system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind
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