How Mindfulness Relates to Yoga
Some mindfulness meditation practices, such as the body scan, are very similar to yoga as they both involve awareness of one’s body.
The origin of yoga coincides with the origin of Hinduism, and the recent rise of yoga’s popularity in the West coincides with the rise of mindfulness. This underscores the intertwined nature of Buddhism, Hinduism, mindfulness, and yoga.
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