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Yoga is just stretching

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Asana (posture) is only one of the eight limbs of yoga in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Yoga also includes ethics, breath control, concentration and meditation.

Myth: Yoga is a set of exercises.

Fact: Asana (posture) is only one of the eight limbs of yoga in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Yoga also includes ethics, breath control, concentration and meditation.

At India's proposal, the UN declared 21 June the International Day of Yoga in 2014, with a record 177 co-sponsoring countries.