Yoga, India. Yoga originated in Ancient India and is the longest surviving philosophical traditions in the World. It has been distorted and misunderstood outside of India. Yoga requires many years of practise - such as holding Ahimsa: Non-violence/killing as the first code of conducts. Hence prior to starting Yoga, you must be a vegetarian- no meat/egg/fish. This enables complete control of your mind, body and soul. By eating vegetarian food, the mind becomes pure, resulting in pure actions.