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Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 11 Nov 2009
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Yoga therapy has been called a modern invention. This is only partially true, however,for even the most ancient Yoga traditions—to be found in the Vedic hymnodies of c. 2000-4000 B.C.E.— mention the health benefits of a spiritual (read: yogic) lifestyle. Yoga-cikitsa is the traditional name for yogic therapeutic intervention.
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