What is Yoga?
'Yoga' is an Indian philosophy or scripture. The most authentic sutras on 'Yoga Darshan' are considered to be the written by Maharishi Patanjali. According to Patanjali Yoga Sutras - 'Yogashchitta Vrittinirodha:' That is, stopping the 'chitavrittis' is yoga. The thought waves arising in the mind are called vrittis. Stopping these tendencies is called yoga. The literal meaning of 'yoga' is 'union'. The word yoga is derived from Sanskrit root 'yuj' which means 'to join' or 'to unite' The result of yoga is the connection between the soul and the Supreme Soul. Therefore, this is the union of the soul with the Supreme Soul. The mind is very fickle. Through the senses with which it is combined, we make knowledge of external objects. The external instruments and the organs catch the impressions and convey them to the mind, and the mind to the intellect, and the intellect reflects them as on a mirror, and back of it...