Why are there pictures of Hindu deities on the wall at the yoga studio? It freaks me a bit!
The word Yoga means Union, or Unitary Consciousness. Yogis recognize that we are all expressions of the one unitary consciousness. This is a non-dualist view.(as distinct from the view that God or Self is separate, which is a dualist view). Shiva is one of the representations of the one universal consciousness. A physical representation of