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Tea chest turned up in yoga centre (6)

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I believe the answer is:

chakra

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'yoga centre' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'tea chest turned up' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'chest' becomes 'ark' (historical term for a chest).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ark' reversed gives 'kra'.
'cha'+'kra'='CHAKRA'

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(Other definitions for chakra that I've seen before include "In Indian thought, one of the centres of spiritual power in the body" , "One of seven bodily centres of spiritual power" , "One of seven centres of spiritual power in the human body" , "A centre of spiritual power in the body (yoga)" .)

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