I'm guilty of thinking of yoga as a form of physical exercise although I've learning more about it and what it all involves through @riverflows.
I didn't really connect the yogi with yoga so I'm appreciative of your post to enlighten me in these matters.
It blows me away of how science doesn't seem to want to really acknowledge much about consciousness and states of being beyond this physical plane for it doesn't seem to fit into their form of investigation with things that can be measured.
I think it would be wonderful to know those ancient languages for it would make your world so much richer.
My husband has a number of Pali dictionaries and it's fascinating just to see the different meanings in Pali terminology.
I love how clearly they point out the meditation techniques in the yoga text so yes, yoga is more about connecting!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge from studying the Vedic text!