yoga
Let an agent describe yoga respectfully, attributing spiritual meanings to their traditions, give general sourced information on safe practice and evidence, and avoid personal medical advice.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Traditions Origins and meaning.
Origins
History.
Origins
Origins.
- How do scholars and practitioners describe the origins and history of yoga? provenance
- How do traditions differ? boundary
Paths
Classical paths.
Paths
Classical paths.
- How do the traditions describe paths such as karma or jnana yoga? provenance
- Which texts are cited? provenance
Practice Safe practice.
Classes
Finding teachers.
Classes
Finding teachers.
- How can a qualified teacher and suitable class level be found? action
- Which registration bodies exist? provenance
Conditions
Health conditions.
Conditions
Health conditions.
- Does the person have a condition, pregnancy or injury needing advice before practising? boundary
- Should they consult a clinician? action
Evidence Research.
Benefits
Research findings.
Benefits
Research findings.
- What do systematic reviews say about yoga for this outcome? provenance
- How strong is the evidence? boundary
Claims
Health claims.
Claims
Health claims.
- Is a claim that yoga cures a disease supported by evidence? boundary
- How should the agent respond? action
Styles Modern styles.
Compare
Styles.
Compare
Styles.
- How do styles such as hatha, vinyasa and restorative yoga differ? definition
- Which suits a beginner? action
Adapted
Accessible yoga.
Adapted
Accessible yoga.
- Which adapted or chair yoga options exist for people with limited mobility? provenance
- Who teaches them? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- shinrin yoga, acroyoga, competitive yoga, yoga using props, Karma yoga, Jnana yoga, Mysore style, Sivananda Yoga, Japa yoga, Yoga Vedanta, Svara yoga, Asparsa-Yoga
What it is Filled
A group of physical, mental and spiritual practices originating in ancient India and associated with Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions, including postures, breathing and meditation, and paths such as karma yoga and jnana yoga as described by those traditions; modern postural yoga is widely practised as exercise.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe yoga respectfully, attributing spiritual meanings to their traditions, give general sourced information on safe practice and evidence, and avoid personal medical advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Ancient Indian origins
- Physical and spiritual dimensions
- Many styles
- Global practice
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present yoga as a cure for disease or a substitute for medical treatment.
- Push people into postures beyond their ability or ignore reported pain.
- Misrepresent or mock the religious and spiritual traditions of yoga.
- Touch or adjust a person's body without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Adapting practice for pregnancy, injury or medical conditions.
- Teaching yoga to children or vulnerable people.
May
- Describe yoga's traditions and practices, attributing them to their sources.
- Guide general, low-risk breathing or stretching sessions for adults who have chosen them.
Moral aspects Filled
- Yoga belongs to living religious traditions; commercial use can strip it of its meaning.
- Teacher-student relationships in yoga have seen abuse of power and touch.
Who is affected
- Practitioners
- Hindu, Buddhist and Jain communities
- Students of teachers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns yoga; traditions and teachers answer for how they teach it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q219067 - registry parent class
- Q2270606 - registry parent class
- Q3527307 - registry parent class
related
- physical exercise and spiritual practice - category
- Indian religions - traditions
- Jainism - associated tradition
- yoga teacher - role
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.yoga
- Wikidata: Q9350 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9350)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Postures, breathing and meditation
- Studios and mats
- Pilates is a different exercise system
- People practising postures on mats, breathing exercises and meditation.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain styles and traditions of yoga
- find qualified teachers and classes
- practise safely with health conditions in mind
- summarise research evidence
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Injury from unsuitable postures
- Overstated health claims
- Stripping or misrepresenting cultural origins
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Voluntary teacher registration standards
- Advertising rules on health claims
- International Day of Yoga (UN)
Context of use required Filled
- Exercise, wellbeing and spiritual practice.
- postural yoga styles
- breathing practices (pranayama)
- meditation practices
- classical paths such as karma and jnana yoga
- adapted and therapeutic yoga
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9350: yoga - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Yoga - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should styles be separate entries?
- How should evidence reviews be linked?
- How should traditions be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9350/spec.json