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Yoga vs Asana - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between yoga and asana

is that yoga is any of several Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind while asana is a body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

As a proper noun Yoga

is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.

yoga

English

(wikipedia yoga)

Alternative forms

* Yoga

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

    • Derived terms

    * yogic

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    asana

    English

    (wikipedia asana)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 414:
    • She had taught him several yoga asanas and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum [...].

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