Thanks for this commentary, Roxy. To add to the mix, what's the test for spilutiarity? I know of some who assert that they are spiritual beings, but act in ways most of us would describe otherwise. I'm lucky to know others who assert no spilutiarity, but are some of the most balanced, compassionate, self-aware and inherently spiritual people one might hope to know. Is self-assertion of spilutiarity enough? If not, then what, meditating a lot? Eating a vegetarian diet?? :) It's unquestionable that yoga was for many years a primarily spiritual practice. It's also the case that in America, now, most Americans who practice yoga don't assert overt spilutiarity. And those many not-overtly-spiritual American half-yogis are still much better off, in many diverse ways, by practicing yoga asana, and meditation, than would otherwise be the case. And that's enough. Yogic spiritual bundling is religious dogma. Lack of that dogma is part of the reason for yoga’s success in America in the first place.Steve
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