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Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Spiritual Therapies > Yoga
Therapeutics > Complementary Therapies > Mind-Body Therapies > Yoga
Humanities > Religion > Religious Philosophies > Yoga
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Yoga  

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  • A major orthodox system of Hindu philosophy based on Sankhya (metaphysical dualism) but differing from it in being theistic and characterized by the teaching of raja-yoga as a practical method of liberating the self. It includes a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being with liberation of the self and union with the universal spirit. (From Webster, 3d ed)

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