I wonder what you think about yoga in the West? I think it gets competitive.
" The total structure of life requires of our total being to be united with it in a practical demonstration of thought, speech and action – this is yoga." [https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/patanjali/raja_01.html]
If you want to know what yoga is, a good starting point is Aurobindo's "The Synthesis of Yoga "[http://www.sriaurobindo.nl/docs/Sri%20Aurobindo/23-24TheSynt...]
Lastly, it is a happy coincidence people (including Indians) like yoga exercises. Most of us will be happy with the results of the exercises resulting in flexibility and transient calmness in mind. Real seekers go after Yoga for years and it is not available down the street or online. In reality, ultimate Yoga - a union of gross, subtle, and causal bodies - is very high-bar to reach.
Hopefully, it gives some people a glimpse of the original idea of Yoga. I'm sorry if this is too wordy and preachy.
But I have seen multiple times that Western culture somehow seem to try to extract something out of it. As if trying to commercialize meditation.
Peace with oneself, at one's current state is perhaps the only thing I relate with mindfulness. I have been in depression for years, have anxiety. And I started investing more into mindfulness recently, realizing I lost my roots.
The mind is a powerful tool, more so in silence. That's what I feel personally.