There is an adage in the West: "Of all the food we eat in a day, only one quarter maintains the body; the other three quarters maintain the doctor." Natural vegetarian food plays an important role in the yoga practitioner's pursuit of integration of body, mind and spirit.
練習瑜伽體位法的人需要多攝取悅性食物，阿南達瑪迦的「阿闍黎」（修行規範師）就只吃悅性食物。