Yoga It is practiced by many in America. Courses on Yoga are in most every city being offered in schools, colleges, health clubs, YMCA's, and new age churches.
Most westerners are naive to the religious origin and nature of yoga.
Many practitioners who do, merely presume that the exercises are harmless if they are not practiced with a spiritual intent. Yoga though is an intrinsic part of Hinduism . One subdivision of Raja Yoga is hatha yoga. This is the most popular form being practiced today in the West. The word yoga is sanskrit meaning union or yoking with the God consciousness.