Where do modern yoga classes come from?

Modern yoga classes draw from many sources at once: classical yoga philosophy, twentieth-century Indian teachers and lineages, modern alignment methods, Buddhist mindfulness, somatics, psychotherapy, wellness culture, and group fitness.

Does a modern yoga class have to be ancient to be real yoga?

No. A class can be modern, mixed, and still be meaningful. The useful question is whether the teacher understands what each borrowed element is doing and whether it serves the students in the room.

You got that from somewhere

A modern yoga class is assembled from many sources: Patanjali's philosophy of attention, Krishnamacharya's breath-led teaching, Ashtanga's repetition, Iyengar's alignment and props, Bikram's heated fixed sequence, American group fitness, Buddhist mindfulness, somatics, psychotherapy, and contemporary wellness culture.

The useful question is not whether modern yoga is pure or fake. It is: what exactly are we doing, where did we get it, what did it mean before, and does it still serve the people in the room?

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