Yoga helps an individual not only to realize his own self but also understand other issues around him/her. Yogic theory and practice lead to increased self-knowledge. Yogic practices like breathing and posture exercises help in attaining and maintaining health, physical and mental, and relaxation. The knowledge gained through Yoga is not simply that of the practical kind relating to techniques, but of a spiritual sort pertaining to grasping something about the nature self and other matters.

One can not be called a knowledgeable person until unless he/she has proper understanding of the processes and happenings going all around. More than that, if one does not know himself/herself, it is very tough to comprehend the surroundings. Knowing the self at rest, at peace, as a being rather than merely as an agent or doer, is a legitimate kind of knowledge but unfortunately that is lost in the mad rush of fulfilling our desires. The value of discovering one's own self and of enjoying one's self as it is, rather than what it is going to be, is undeniably worth as well as a kind of knowledge.