As a complementary medical therapy, it is a good way to gain a state of relaxation. Yoga reduces stress and anxiety through meditation. Yoga is a non-aerobic exercise. It uses movement and meditation to help the person doing yoga experience a relationship with a divine spirit or spiritual force. With oneness, the practitioner reaches a state of physical health, happiness, mental peace, and tranquillity.
Some people combine yoga with active exercise as part of an aerobic program.
Yoga is closely related to the Hindu religion. For those who are serious, it is a way of reaching the ultimate realization of one's own divine nature. Thus, yoga can be a basically spiritual exercise. There are many types of yoga, including mantra, shiva, siddha and bhakti. Most commonly seen in North America are the exercises of the popular hatha yoga.