Postural yoga in India
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Postural yoga began in India as a variant of traditional yoga, which was a mainly meditational practice; it has spread across the world and returned to the Indian subcontinent in different forms. The
A postural yoga show in Kolkata, January 2012. Postures in the display include Chakrasana (front), Natarajasana (back), Rajakapotasana (middle row), and Padmasana (top).
Statue of Patañjali seated in a meditation asana, Siddhasana
Medieval Haṭha yoga was a solitary practice. The yogin is shown practising Viparita Karani, both an asana and a mudra intended to trap the vital fluid using gravity, helping the yogin to attain liberation. Jogapradipika, 1830
Restored meditation chamber labelled "I am the Eggman" at the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh, 2019
Yoga tourism
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Yoga tourism is travel with the specific purpose of experiencing some form of yoga, whether spiritual or postural. The former is a type of spiritual tourism; the latter is related both to spiritual an
Some yoga tourists travel to India to become certified yoga teachers, like these participants in a 200-hour Ashtanga yoga teacher training in Rishikesh.
Tourists practising Virabhadrasana I in Poon Hill, Nepal
The governor of Tamil Nadu state, the Indian minister of tourism, and the yoga guru Jaggi Vasudev promoting yoga in India on the 3rd International Day of Yoga in 2017 at the Isha Foundation, Coimbatore. A large statue of the god Shiva as Adiyogi (the first yogi) is in the background.
A yoga holiday in Fiji