This is Why You Can’t Do Yoga

A bit of insight about an ancient practice.

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Picture a yogi. There’s a good chance you get a similar image to me — an image of someone “doing yoga.” Maybe they’re in a downward-facing dog, or perhaps they're sitting serenely in a meditative posture.

Either way, we think of yoga as an action that they perform. They’re a yogi because they “do yoga.” If they can…