Yoga asanas originated several thousand years ago when yogis (spiritual practitioners) practicing meditation and contemplation in the forests of the Himalayas began to observe how wild animals instinctively cured their ailments, rested, and sustained their alertness.
瑜伽體位法是幾千年前，瑜伽修行者在喜馬拉雅山的森林中靜坐與冥想時，觀察到各種野生動物與生俱來的自療、休憩或保持清醒的方法。