The different intentions for learning and practicing yoga

There's neither right nor wrong, neither good nor bad with all kinds of different intentions.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention of wanting to be able to perform many of the yoga asana poses, particularly the yoga poses that are physically and/or mentally more challenging for them.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for empowering their sense of confidence, self-esteem, or self-worth.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for enhancing their physical health or mental health, or both.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for enhancing their physical fitness appearance and condition, stamina, strength and flexibility.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for losing or gaining body weight.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for rehabilitating from certain physical injury and/or illness.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for recovering from certain mental disturbance or emotional hurt.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for dealing with certain mental health issues.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for attaining physical and/or mental relaxation, or to be releasing certain physical tension and/or mental stress.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention of merely to be following or keeping up with the latest 'trends' in the world.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention of engaging in certain leisure activities for passing time.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for attaining 'spiritual healing', or 'spiritual connection', or 'spiritual achievement'.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention of to be attending yoga teachers training course for becoming a certified yoga instructor to be teaching yoga fitness exercise classes of particular style or many different styles as a profession/job/career.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for wanting to know what is yoga.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for wanting to be free from suffering, or to escape from something that are unpleasant and undesirable.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for knowing Thyself, to understand about themselves, and life existence.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention of to be experimenting yoga.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for attaining inner peace.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention for upholding peace and harmony in the world of diversities that doesn't belong to anyone.

Some minds have a combination of different intentions that motivate them to start learning and practicing yoga.

Some minds begin their yoga practice because they were being 'forced' into it not out of their own freewill or interest, such as for their own reasons, certain parents want their children to be engaging in some yoga activities, or certain people want their spouse or partner to be engaging in some yoga activities.

Some minds begin their yoga practice just because they have accepted a challenge from someone else, or for any kind of reason, other than oneself is being interested in yoga under certain intention.

Some minds begin their yoga practice without any intention, or don't even know why they want to learn and practice yoga, but somehow they ended up in learning and performing some kind of yoga practice.

Some minds don't even interested in the teachings or practice of yoga, but only interested in knowing enough about the many different types, brands and styles of yoga classes to be running a 'franchise' yoga school, yoga centre, yoga studio, yoga club, or yoga retreat centre, to use yoga as a type of 'commercial product and service' for a commercial money making business.

Some minds begin their yoga practice with the intention of trying to attain some sort of 'super extraordinary mind power', to be chasing after 'transcendental mystical experiences', or under certain reasons, to be able to 'control' or 'influence' some other minds for something.

Some minds are interested in doing some research about yoga, however they don't necessarily want to learn and practice yoga, but they are interested in knowing about the mind and the mind behavior pattern or the human's behavior pattern.

Regardless of what are the different intentions or motivations that has initiated the minds to be learning and practicing yoga, or to be interested in knowing what is yoga or the mind, in the end, it will still be about leading the minds towards weakening and eradicating egoism of attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, judgment, comparison, and expectation, to be developing correct understanding, to be reflecting upon the mind itself (oneself), to be realizing the truth of selflessness and impermanence, that leads to be annihilating ignorance and the by-products of ignorance.

It's about being grateful for all kinds of intention or reason that had initiated the mind into the yoga practice, but then eventually dropping off any kinds of intention or reason, while allowing the effect, or the result, or the fruit of the practice, to be there as it is, without attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, judgment, comparison, or expectation.

It doesn't matter in the end, the mind still hasn't attained correct understanding towards the teachings and practice of yoga. There's no judgment or expectation that all minds will be evolving in certain way or not in certain way. All minds are responsible for their own intentions, and their actions and the consequences of actions.

Inquire the truth of everything.