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Yoga is a system of exercises which helps the mind and body in order to achieve tranquility and spiritual insight. Yoga is comprised of various asanas which mean "to sit" or "to be present". But in the Yoga context it means, "to be established in a particular posture". The term asana can also be described as "the arrangement of the different components of the body in a specific way." Asanas evolved as an integral part of a spiritual practice as Yoga is oriented toward purification, accomplishment, and realization. While one is on the path to achieve his / her highest spiritual potential, asana practice promotes structural stability, physiological immunity, and emotional health, as it helps to restore and develop balance, stability, strength, flexibility, skeletal alignment, and mechanical freedom. Yoga is a very ancient discipline. It is recognized as one of the most important and valuable gifts of our heritage. Today the world is looking to Yoga for solving the various problems men are facing. In spite of this fact, no field is so miserably misunderstood as Yoga in India. If one takes a cross section of the society and makes a general survey of the public opinion about Yoga, K. Chandrasekaran (1999).

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