{"id":125,"date":"2019-03-22T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/?p=125"},"modified":"2025-06-07T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:45:58","slug":"indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Yoga Vs Western Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Jump to Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Indian_Yoga_Vs_Western_Yoga\" >Indian Yoga Vs Western Yoga<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Yoga_centers_in_West_contrary_to_the_Yoga_Ashrams_of_India\" >Yoga centers in West contrary to the Yoga Ashrams of India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Spirituality_is_the_substructure_of_Yoga_in_India\" >Spirituality is the substructure of Yoga in India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Student-Teacher_Relationship\" >Student-Teacher Relationship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Importance_of_Food_in_Rishikesh\" >Importance of Food in Rishikesh<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#More_than_merely_an_exercise\" >More than merely an exercise<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Serenity_of_mind\" >Serenity of mind<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Commercialization_of_Yoga_in_West\" >Commercialization of Yoga in West<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#The_style_of_Teaching\" >The style of Teaching<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Yoga_in_India_is_a_lifelong_learning_process\" >Yoga in India is a lifelong learning process<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Yoga_in_India_proponent_Minimalism\" >Yoga in India proponent Minimalism<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/indian-yoga-vs-western-yoga\/#Different_Yoga_practices\" >Different Yoga practices<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indian_Yoga_Vs_Western_Yoga\"><\/span><b>Indian Yoga Vs Western Yoga<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Originated 5000 years ago, Yoga is a traditional art of acquiring the utmost state of body, mind, and soul. Though the spiritual land of India is reckoned to be the <strong><em>birthplace of Yoga<\/em><\/strong>, although this art is also very famous in the Western part of the World.<\/p>\n<p>Many <strong><em>Indian Yogis<\/em><\/strong> like <strong><em>Swami Vivekananda<\/em><\/strong> help in extending this valuable art in the West, which in turns helps in the establishment of the <strong><em>best yoga schools<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know that pry is a vital predominance of human nature, so it is obvious that the question arises that,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Do the Yoga practiced in India or in Western Parts of the world are same??<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1199 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh-1536x1352.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Yoga-teacher-training-rishikesh.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Does the Yoga practiced in the Western world is still attached to the basic Indian roots???<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clearing the surmise, below are the certain points of disparity between Indian and Western Yoga.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yoga_centers_in_West_contrary_to_the_Yoga_Ashrams_of_India\"><\/span><strong><em> Yoga centers in West contrary to the Yoga Ashrams of India<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Yoga is widely practiced in the Western parts in the <strong><em>Yoga centers<\/em><\/strong> equipped with all the modern facilities. While as per belief of India Yogis, the optimum way of learning yoga is in the lap of nature following the proper inscribed traditional techniques.<\/p>\n<p>A number of <strong><em>best Yoga Ashrams<\/em><\/strong> is instituted in India for better <strong><em>learning of Yoga<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spirituality_is_the_substructure_of_Yoga_in_India\"><\/span><strong><em> Spirituality is the substructure of Yoga in India<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Spirituality.webp\" alt=\"Spirituality\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Spirituality.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Spirituality-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Spirituality-20x10.webp 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although not religiously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/\"><strong><em>Yoga in India<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is deeply concatenated with spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas in the West, Yoga is considered to be an exercise for good health and physic, but in the Indian context Yoga is more a way of living life.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Student-Teacher_Relationship\"><\/span><strong><em> Student-Teacher Relationship<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The student-Teacher relationship in Yoga is far more casual in Western Yoga than in Indian Yoga.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong><em>Yoga Schools of India<\/em><\/strong>, Yoga teachers are reckoned as Yog Gurus or leaders, whereas in the <strong><em>Western art of Yoga<\/em><\/strong>, the teacher is only teaching the right positions of the Yogic exercise.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/\"><strong><em>Yoga teacher training<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a respectable designation is awarded to the Yog gurus who are not only focused on the <strong><em>physical aspects of Yoga<\/em><\/strong> but also work for the mental and spiritual upliftment of their students.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Importance_of_Food_in_Rishikesh\"><\/span><strong><em> Importance of Food in Rishikesh<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As <strong><em>Indian art of Yoga<\/em><\/strong> also considered proper food or diet plan as an undetectable part of Yogic life. Although <strong><em>Yoga schools of West<\/em><\/strong> do not focus on a proper vegan diet plan.<\/p>\n<p>Meals during the <strong><em>yoga teacher training course<\/em><\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/yoga-retreats-in-rishikesh.php\"><strong><em>Yoga retreats in India<\/em><\/strong><\/a> are designed considering the <strong><em>ayurvedic philosophy<\/em><\/strong> focusing on a vegetarian diet with limited spices in it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/\">Drishti Yoga School<\/a> offer<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0easily digestible food to their yoga students.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_than_merely_an_exercise\"><\/span><strong><em> More than merely an exercise <\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While Yoga is a practice of living life, Western Yoga just adopted the form of physical exercise from the <strong><em>traditional yoga centers of India<\/em><\/strong>. <strong><em>Authentic yoga Schools of India<\/em><\/strong> ensure that their students learn the practice of living a tranquil life in the form of Yoga.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Indian schools of Yoga<\/em><\/strong> followed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/8-limbs-of-yoga\/\"><strong><em>eight limbs<\/em><\/strong><\/a> or <strong><em>Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<\/em><\/strong> which contains <strong><em>asanas, pranayama, dharana, dhyana, yamas, niyamas, pratyahara, <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>samadhi<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Serenity_of_mind\"><\/span><strong><em> Serenity of mind<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-997 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Serenity.webp\" alt=\"Serenity\" width=\"504\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Serenity.webp 504w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Serenity-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Serenity-20x14.webp 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Yoga in India<\/em><\/strong> is more a meditative technique than a physical workout. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/7-yoga-meditation-techniques-for-beginners-2020\/\">Mindfulness<\/a> study<\/em><\/strong> with the yoga is not considered as the <strong><em>vital part of Western Yoga<\/em><\/strong>, while <strong><em>Indian Yoga philosophy<\/em><\/strong> focuses on the calmness of mind.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <strong><em>famous yoga schools of India<\/em><\/strong>, Yoga can be a blissful path in making our body unreactive to the emotions like sadness, anger, possessiveness, etc turning your life into a <strong><em>perfect Yogi<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Commercialization_of_Yoga_in_West\"><\/span><strong><em> Commercialization of Yoga in West<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>Yoga in the western world<\/em><\/strong> is an emerging multi-billion dollar industry that ensures your looks in the studio performing Yoga along with fashionable clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Where in India, Yoga is a new beginning of a life free from sin with an outfit that is comfortable enough for you to easily perform all the asanas.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_style_of_Teaching\"><\/span><strong><em> The style of Teaching <\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Western yoga mainly focuses on Vinyasa and flow, performing quick asana like dance steps sequences spending most of the time in standing position or in upward and downward doggy movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/savasana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-995 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/savasana.webp\" alt=\"savasana\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/savasana.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/savasana-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/savasana-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/savasana-20x13.webp 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the Western style, <strong><em>Yoga schools of India<\/em><\/strong> comprise of <strong><em>meditation, pranayama, <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>Savasana<\/em><\/strong> which helps in the relaxation of body, mind, and soul.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yoga_in_India_is_a_lifelong_learning_process\"><\/span><strong><em> Yoga in India is a lifelong learning process<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While in the West, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/our-yoga-teachers.php\"><strong><em>yoga teachers<\/em><\/strong><\/a> require only weeks or months to become a full-fledged yoga teacher, opposite to it <strong><em>Indian yoga teachers<\/em><\/strong> dedicate years of learning to become a Yog Guru.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong><em>Indian Yoga Schools<\/em><\/strong>, learning yoga is a never-ending process.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yoga_in_India_proponent_Minimalism\"><\/span><strong><em> Yoga in India proponent Minimalism<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Detaching from worldly possessions and attractions, <strong><em>Yoga in India<\/em><\/strong> teaches a minimalistic way of lifestyle. While Western yoga continues with their normal lifestyle during Yoga.<\/p>\n<p>The western world only uses yoga for maintaining their health.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Different_Yoga_practices\"><\/span><strong><em> Different Yoga practices <\/em><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hatha_yoga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hatha<\/a> Yoga<\/em><\/strong> is the most common <strong><em>yoga practice in India<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Vinyasa yoga<\/em><\/strong> rooted in the <strong><em>Western style of Yoga<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Join our upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/\">Yoga teacher training in Rishikesh<\/a> And get 10%OFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Yoga Vs Western Yoga Originated 5000 years ago, Yoga is a traditional art of acquiring the utmost state of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drishti-blog"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/stencil.default-2.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Yoga","author_link":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Indian Yoga Vs Western Yoga Originated 5000 years ago, Yoga is a traditional art of acquiring the utmost state of [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drishtiyogaschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}