By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist
The word yoga comes to us from the Vedic period. It basically referred to connecting the cart to the horse or the cart to the ox, ergo, it is about connecting two things. The simplest meaning of yoga is a connection, or more specifically, alignment between two concepts or two objects.
In the field of yoga, it is used in terms of connection, and depending on the context, it has different meanings. You can connect the mind with the body, or the breath with the mind, or a connection between the mind, the breath and the body.