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Lahiri Mahasaya, pictured at right, was a 19th-century guru and an example of a yogi who devoted himself to the lifelong study and practice of both the physical and the mystical aspects of the discipline. Yoga is broad, however. In the West, where asceticism seems to have less popular appeal, it is more likely to take the form of a weekly class at the local gym. Despite its many remarkable powers, our Yoga Quiz won’t necessarily provide enlightenment in the yogic sense, but we hope its ten questions do illuminate some aspects of yoga that you might not have known about previously.