I don't see anything spiritual about yoga, and I learned it from hardcore Krishnas who did the om-shanti-om prayers at the beginning of every class (I despise "modern" yoga where they cut out the traditional stuff and run it like an aerobics class -- I mean that's fine, but they should just call it "aerobics" instead of yoga.)
The thing is YOGA WORKS. It makes me feel relaxed & energized. Limbs more flexible, breathing better, etc. I think there's perfectly rational reasons for why it works -- exercising the muscles (including especially the diaphram), auto-suggestion (in fact our instructor described it as exactly that), and so on. I don't believe "Krishna" has anything to do with it.
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