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Book: Yoga Studies in Five Minutes

Chapter: 3. Is Yoga a Ritual?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.46345

Blurb:

The practice of yoga can be a form of ritual, but does not have to be. Whatever else yoga and ritual may be, they are practices and acts that we perform with our bodies. Neither is merely an intellectual exercise. Yogic techniques and rituals can be adapted and integrated into any spiritual tradition.

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