Yoga predates the gym, the office, and the smartphone by two millennia. Its purpose is not flexibility — it is the steady mind. The poses (asana) are one of eight limbs in Patanjali’s system, alongside ethics, breath, sense-withdrawal, focus, meditation and absorption.
For the modern student, this matters because yoga done well changes more than your body. It changes how you respond to a stressful email, how deeply you sleep, how present you are in a conversation. The mat is the laboratory; daily life is where the practice actually lives.
