Toxic poisoning

Yoga always spoke about social toxic poisoning, it has always alert the practitioner to be away from the company , people or event that can poison the mind. Yoga has emphasis more on environment around you, unlikely buddhist view of Sangha, Commune around you. It is better to get rid of those people around you who are more aggresive, negative, despair and malice. With their concious actions they can poison the mind sub conciously.

To reach you goal in physical or spiritual life, the minimization of condioning of mind has to be removed. Not just only in Yoga, even in the physical aspect like work, relationship, material prospects the negative aspects has to be cut off. "Upeksha" is the word that has been used in yoga, it means to ignore. Yoga considered hatred or green monster of jealousy as one of the impediments on the path of joy. To hate someone because of his vices is also not going to help you. Just ignore. In India there is a saying that an elephant never chages his path even the dogs bark on him, he just ignore them and pass away.