Editing Chakra (section)

===Contrast with classical yoga===

Chakra and related beliefs have been important to the esoteric traditions, but they are not directly related to mainstream [[yoga]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ferretti |first1=Andrea |title=The Chakras: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding the 7 Chakras |date=11 June 2021 |url=https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/yoga-sequences-level/beginners-guide-chakras/ |publisher=Yoga Journal |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> According to the Indologist [[Edwin Bryant (author)|Edwin Bryant]] and other scholars, the goals of classical yoga such as spiritual liberation (freedom, self-knowledge, [[moksha]]) is "attained entirely differently in classical yoga, and the ''cakra / nadi / kundalini'' physiology is completely peripheral to it."<ref>{{cite book |first=Edwin Francis |last=Bryant |title=The Yoga sūtras of Patañjali: a new edition, translation, and commentary with insights from the traditional commentators |url=https://archive.org/details/yogastrasofpataj0000brya |url-access=registration |year=2009 |publisher=North Point Press |isbn=978-0-86547-736-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/yogastrasofpataj0000brya/page/358 358]–364, 229–233}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Stefanie |last=Syman |author-link=Stefanie Syman |title=The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America |url=https://archive.org/details/subtlebodystoryo0000syma |url-access=registration |year=2010 |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |isbn=978-1-4299-3307-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/subtlebodystoryo0000syma/page/72 72]–74}}</ref>