In yoga, we work with the breath (pranayama), bend and stretch into all sorts of shapes (asanas)… we meditate… we try not to harm ourself, and others, and nature (ahimsa), we try to be honest and truthful (satya)*….
But why do we do all this?
The practices in yoga align us more and more to that which is greater than this ego, to that which in yogic terms is our “true nature,” to that which is truly great in all life,
to that which is universal.
The Every Day Yogi 