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For thousands of years yoga was practiced mainly in India. Yoga exercises were part of the three Indian religions: Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. In a strict sense, yoga is not a religion; it is a method that can be used by anyone to pursue their own religious or non-religious goals. Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, practiced yogic meditation, which is still a central part of Buddhism today.
几千年来，瑜珈主要在印度盛行。瑜珈运动被整合到印度三大宗教中：印度教、耆那教以及佛教。严格说来瑜珈并不是宗教；它是任何人都可以使用的方法，用来追求个人的宗教（或非宗教）目标。佛教创始者悉达多（释迦牟尼的本名），就做过瑜珈打坐，而打坐直到现在依然是佛教的重要部分。
Yoga was almost unknown to the West until the 1960s. Since then yoga’s popularity keeps growing. Across the United States, there are so many people who want to learn yoga that yoga schools are having difficulty keeping up with the demand.
西方世界对瑜珈几乎是一无所知，直到20世纪60年代才改变。从那时起瑜伽的流行程度与日俱增。美国有太多人想学瑜珈，以至于整个美国各地的瑜珈学校供不应求。
