If you search Yoga and Vedanta, you will find very little information relating the two. However, Hindu scholars have shown that the two are actually connected (here and here). Below is an additional lecture by Swami Sarvapriyananda which shows that Kundalini Yoga and Advaita Vedanta are connected. You will find that Hindus don't often like this connection being made because Yoga should lead to Siddhi (magic) powers and they don't want you wondering if Vedanta would lead you to believe you have magic powers like Eddy's Christian Science does (here), even though Siddhi powers are mentioned in the Upanishads (here). It's about protecting Hinduism from testing. Christian Science looks bad because its thinking would lend to the idea that you can practice mystical powers when you really can't. If Vedanta leads to similar conclusions, and you can't prove your magic powers, then Hinduism looks as foolish as Christian Science.
Kundalini Yoga & Advaita Vedanta | Swami Sarvapriyananda
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