Passage 1

Feeling tired? Under too much stress? WelI，you may want to try yoga．It’s what more and more people have been turning to ease the troubles of modern life．Practically unheard of in the West until 50 years ago，yoga has become one of the most popular health trends around．Yoga schools are having difficulty keeping up with the demand．Most of the so-called yogis seem to focus on figure correction，not true awareness．They make statements about yoga being for the body，mind and soul．But this is just semantics．
    If one practices yoga just for health，he’d better take up walking．If one needs to cure a disease，see a doctor．Yoga is not a therapy．Nor is it a philosophy．Yoga is about inside awareness．It is the process of union of the self with the whole．Some scientists research mainly external phenomena．Yoga practitioners focus on the inside．They know that the external world is illusionary and everything inside is truth．It is essentially to train our bodies to find the most comfortable pose that we can sit in for hours．