#13 Michael Romett- reading 3

I want to bring up the topic of change and the way that it has formed the world around us today. If you look at our culture, we are one of the most evolutionary civilizations on Earth. We are constantly changing the way we live, which is different than the rest of the world in some cases. Religion is something that has been around us since as long as I can remember, however, the way we view religion is up to the individual to decide. I read an article on yoga and the way that it differs in America than in other religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. This was a very interesting topic in my opinion because, the two ways that yoga is view is similar in characteristics but far from relative in the way it is used. In the Hindu religion, yoga is a way of life, something that is seen within every member of their culture. When you think about yoga in America we think of different stretches, poses, etc. that can help one with sports, physical therapy and things of that nature. After reading about yoga and where it came from I realize that the yoga we took from Buddhism, is the way they live their lives. Yoga to Buddhist is a for of enlightenment, a way to become one with Self by ways of stretches and meditation. The important factor that I want to get to is that yoga means so much more in the religion of Hinduism and Buddhism, an act that they could not live without, serving as a detail within their common goal in life. In America, it is something that you can go down the street and pay someone for an hour session to help loosen your back. I know that the two difference are not right and wrong by any means, I believe that each use is solely representative of the culture that it belongs to I just thought it was interesting in this article to compare the way that Americans use yoga and the way that Hinduism and Buddhism live their lives and their religious beliefs around yoga.