Shiva is the god of the yogis.

Shiva is the god of the yogis. Shiva is responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of destroying the ego, the false identification with the form. This also includes the shedding of old habits and attachments. All that has a beginning by necessity must have an end. Shiva destroys the illusion of individuality. He has great purifying power, both on a more personal level when problems make us see reality more clearly, as on a more universal level.  In Shiva the art of meditation takes its most absolute form. In meditation, not only mind is stopped, everything is dropped. In deep meditation or samadhi, even the object of the meditation (like a mantra) is transformed into its formless essence, which is the essence of everything and everyone. Thus Shiva stands for letting go of everything in the world of forms. The path of Lord Shiva is the path of the ascetic yogi.!
Har Har Mahadev!