Assertion: yoga | /r/HasProperty | physical program
Facets:
value: with a spiritual component
type: OTHER
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: merely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Appearances prevent finding authentic Yoga: While it is not true that Yoga is a merely physical program, it appears that way to the majority of people.
text: Teachers argue that Yoga is only physical: At the same time, however, the modern Yoga teachers themselves are often arguing that the Yoga they are teaching is only a physical program supported by physicians and the medical community, and place little or no emphasis or acknowledgement on the authentic spiritual goals of Yoga.
text: However, by developing physical therapy programs and labeling them Yoga, and by focusing on one small aspect of Yoga (the physical), we find that the whole, greater, truer meaning of Yoga is lost to those who would seek the higher ground.
text: False : Yoga is a physical system with a spiritual component.
text: So we see that Yoga is essentially physical exercises in which one tries to attain unity with the universal divine essence of Hindu theology.
text: Reason for misunderstanding: This use of the term Yoga rather than Hatha Yoga (or, more accurately, Asana) has been a major reason for the misunderstanding that Yoga is a physical program with a spiritual component, rather than a spiritual program with a physical component.
text: While this is good for the physical health of people, it further convinces people that Yoga is only a physical program.
text: Teachers argue that Yoga is only physical: At the same time, however, the modern Yoga teachers themselves are often arguing that the Yoga they are teaching is only a physical program supported by physicians and the medical community, and place little or no emphasis or acknowledgement on the authentic spiritual goals of Yoga.