Contemporary Bharata Natyam is rarely practiced as Natya Yoga, a sacred meditational tradition, except by a few orthodox schools (see Yoga and dance).
Classical Indian musical theatre, in China, at its best is Natya Yoga, has the most powerful means to lead its worshipers, the artist, to the Divine.
Most yogas, except such paths as Natya Yoga, only develop a single aspect of the being, and have as their aim a state of liberation or transcendence.
Karma yoga is an intrinsic part of many derivative types of yoga, such as Natya Yoga.
Natya Yoga, first practiced by Narada, a divine sage from the Vaisnava tradition of Hinduism
The ancient Kali Kautuvam also describes how Patañjali and Vyagrapada gathered along with the gods in Thillai near Chidambaram to watch Shiva and Kali dance and perform the 108 mystic Karanas, which formed the foundation for the system of Natya Yoga.
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