Yoga is a physical activity. It is for exercise or relaxation. Prayer is of course talking to God.

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When you pray, you express your thoughts and emotions to a Supreme Being--in words and in gratitude while meditation as a practice is an effort to stop the mind from its natural tendency to weave thoughts. Yoga is not mere acrobatics, but it is a holistic approach of uniting the body, mind and spirit. Yoga and yoga postures are beneficial as they bring a harmonious balance within your system. For more details, visit http://www.artofliving.org/yoga.

basically yoga is an excercise useful for cleansing of internal organs cures certain ailments and helps in concentration and harnessing our mind-this can be used for effective prayers since our mind will not go astray and our thoughts will be fixed on what we are praying. for effective praying you need not be a yoga expert or know yoga- even if you pray for one second with full concentration with your mind attached to the object of praying then you have succeeded and by repeating it as often as possible you length effective praying increases.Now the next part of switching over to yoga and how to start you do need a good teacher and who in turn will teach you how to be successful in life. may god be with you always

Yoga is non-religious meditation. Prayer is actually TO God. You can pray during yogic maditation but its not substitution for prayer.

What we call Yoga in the west is actually one small part (Hatha) of one small branch (Asana) of Yoga. Yoga has other parts that some people would call prayer, but the Hindu faith (where Yoga comes from) does not include the idea of a personal god. The prayer in Yoga is called Meditation and (if you practice really hard) Liberation.

Using the whole path of Yoga can be incredibly helpful in creating change in your self and your life by helping you examine your beliefs and behaviors and change them to be more like what you want. The wiki page is actually really informative about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga

jamshabam: 10 months ago

The main difference between Prayer and Meditation is that in Prayer you're asking something outside of you for something while in Meditation you're working to create the thing you want.

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Yoga sharpens your body and mind. Prayer just makes you feel better

Yoga is pagan. Prayer is talking with God; something people need to learn how to do. People pray expecting God to do what ever, they want like God was there to answer every whim and wish without question; That is not how Prayer works. We are the creation not the Creator; we are to yield to His will and His time table not our own.