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ヨガ (よが, yoga) Japanese meaning: yoga | Kotomora
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I do yoga every morning to loosen up my body.
She is a yoga instructor.
Usage patterns ヨガをする to do/practice yoga
I do yoga at home every morning.
ヨガを 習なら う to learn/study yoga
I've been learning yoga since last year.
ヨガ 教きょう 室しつ に 通かよ う to attend a yoga class/studio regularly
I go to a yoga studio twice a week.
ヨガのポーズをとる to take/hold a yoga pose
I held a difficult yoga pose as the teacher instructed.
Don't confuse with ヨガ is a breath-and-posture practice with spiritual roots from India, while ピラティス is a Western exercise system focused on core strength, and learners often lump the two together as similar mat exercises.
Word family hot yoga
yoga pants
yoga instructor
Written forms ヨガ Usage 73%
Most common modern spelling.
ヨーガ Usage 27%
Alternate spelling reflecting the long vowel; less common than ヨガ.
Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit yoga. The spellings ヨガ and ヨーガ reflect different treatments of the Sanskrit long vowel.