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- Etymology
- Definition
- In classical texts
- Scholarly
- History
- Origins
- Synthesis model
- Linear model
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Earliest references (1000–500 BCE)
- Second urbanisation (500–200 BCE)
- Buddhism and the śramaṇa movement
- Upanishads
- Macedonian texts
- ''Mahabharata'' and ''Bhagavad Gita''
- Philosophical sutras
- Classical era (200 BCE – 500 CE)
- ''Yoga Sutras of Patanjali''
- Yoga and Vedanta
- Yoga Yajnavalkya
- Abhidharma and Yogachara
- Jainism
- Middle Ages (500–1500 CE)
- Bhakti movement
- Tantra
- Vajrayana and Tibetan Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism
- Medieval hatha yoga
- Sikhism
- Modern yoga
- Introduction in the West
- Yoga as exercise
- Traditions
- Jain yoga
- Buddhist yoga
- Classical yoga
- In Advaita Vedanta
- Tantric yoga
- Hatha yoga
- Laya and kundalini yoga
- Reception by other religions
- Christianity
- Islam
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Printed sources
- Web sources
- External links
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Yoga (UK: , US: ; 'yoga' ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated with its own philosophy in ancient India, aimed at controlling body and mind to attain liberation (moksha), as practiced in the Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions. Modern forms of yoga are practiced worldwide, often mainly for exercise accompanied by other elements like relaxation.