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Book: Yoga Studies in Five Minutes

Chapter: 1. Is Yoga a Religion?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.46343

Blurb:

The questions of whether or not yoga is religious in nature are complicated and nuanced. The question of whether the contemporary practice of yoga itself qualifies as a religion is similarly complicated. However, among the rising number of the religiously unaffiliated, yoga is a relatively common method in their search for well-being and finding meaning.

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