You may not guess it by the hordes of women (and some men) sporting Lululemon and toting designer yoga mats, but yoga is a 5000 + year Hindu practice that is just part of a larger system of beliefs (jnana, bhakti, and karma yoga) that includes an adherence to nonviolence, meditation, chanting, devotional love to God, and selfless action.

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