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[Nilgiri]

This is spiritual for Hindus?

Only as spiritual as you want to make it personally. You can do it simply as an exercise...it is your choice.

Hindu's also prostrate towards a murti just like Muslims do towards Mecca (the actual form style of doing it)...just because Muslims do the near carbon-copy action does not mean they are intrinsically doing the exact same thing meaning-wise (spiritually) as Hindus do right?

Same thing with Yoga, its only Hindu religious aspect if you internally are believing/feeling that. Mimicking the physicality aspect (putting the body into poses/energies/calmness with itself) should be no shirk or whatever imo.

Vast majority of international practitioners of yoga are not practitioners of literal Hinduism after all.

@SOUTHie

 

[Centaur]

This all sounds good except the shangi part.
And yoga is not our thing. This is a part of another religion. We already have namaz.

@asgur bhai,
yoga is only a type of exercise,and you can also do it without mixing with religion.
And sometimes yoga exercise ( যোগ ব্যায়াম) is much helpful for them who can't do tough exercise in gym!
I used to practice yoga exercise in my boyhood, it was excellent.
It reduces fats from tummy effectively . But yes you can't Build muscle with yoga exercise as far I know.

And one interestingly fact is there is a system in yoga exercise named, "prostration to the sun/সুর্য নমষ্কার" that is very relaxing before starting yogasana ( যোগাসন).
And that prostration is step by step as we do in namaz.

But when a Muslim will do it, that necessarily doesn't mean that you are prostratting to sun God, neither Hindus are trying.g to follow our namaz!

So I will just take this yoga as exercise only and won't mix it with any religion.

Ancient indians were Hindus and they invented this exercise so they did it according to there style .

 

[bluesky]

While exercise stiffens/hardens the muscle, yoga elongates and softens it. The flexible muscle is better than the hard one. It is not necessary to think Yoga as a part of religious activities. However, it relaxes one's mind.

 

[bluesky]

Yoga is a way to protect youth from drug addiction: Quader
Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 2018-06-21 13:00:54.0 BdST Updated: 2018-06-21 13:00:54.0 BdST

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Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said yoga can be a way to bring the misguided youth back to normal life from drug addiction.





“Yoga can be a powerful and effective way to protect the young generation distracted by the vicious claws of drug addiction,” Quader said as he joined thousands of yoga enthusiasts at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka to mark International Yoga Day on Thursday.

His comment comes at a time when the government is conducting an anti-narcotics crackdown across the country.

Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in collaboration with the Indian High Commission organised the event attended by people from Dhaka and its adjacent districts.


“Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has added a new dimension to yoga. Now it has spread to Bangladesh thanks to the Indian High Commission. When illegal drug is spreading across the country like tsunami, yoga can be a powerful and effective solution to drug addition,” Quader said.

On behalf of organisers, Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla said about 5,000 people joined the yoga this year in Bangladesh.

Diplomats from Vietnam, the Vatican City, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Palestine and UN missions also joined the event.


Shringla said, "Yoga practice is the simple way of a healthy beautiful life—we want to give this message to the citizens."

The Indian High Commission had first organised the event in 2000, when only 700 yoga enthusiasts took part in it. The numbers snowballed to about 1,500 in 2016 and 5,000 in 2017.

In 2014, Modi, a yoga enthusiast, had urged the United Nations to declare June 21 as International Yoga Day. Later, the UN General Assembly recognised the day.

 

[asgur]

Did i just heard Yoga? Is this controversial over there?

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