Do you think going to a yoga class is harmless? Think again. The poses assumed, according to the teachings of Hinduism, are offerings to specific Hindu deities. Ten yoga poses will be examined in this teaching. Shiva, the god of destruction, is referred to in Hinduism as “the Lord of yoga.” It is a system intentionally designed to carry practitioners into an altered state of mind called “God-consciousness,” which means “a conscious awareness that YOU ARE GOD!”