Making Offerings at the Temple: How Hindu Worship Informs my Yoga Practice
When I visit my local Hindu temple for worship (puja), I am often asked why, as a Westerner, I am drawn to be there. When I mention that I am a yoga teacher, smiles of understanding break out. Despite confusion in the contemporary yoga world of how much the discipline should be equated to its Hindu roots, I personally find the Hindu philosophical framework essential in understanding – and achieving – the union of mind, body and spirit that yoga promotes. Asana, the physical p
