[kailbo]

I should have also said that practicing hatha yoga (the physical stretching exercises) has no meditation practice to it at all. It is a concentration exercise in and of itself which is similar to some meditation practices.

Then I don't believe there would be any Christian conflict. I do have patients that perform yoga as such and I encourage it.

[TigersEye]

Fair enough. The book I used was extremely easy to follow. It is "Richard Hittleman's Yoga 28 Day Exercise Plan." I was wrong about it taking six weeks.

After the 28 days it splits up all of the postures you have just learned into three separate routines that you rotate from day to day. Takes about thirty minutes to do with very little room needed and no equipment although a mat is nice especially if you're going to do it where the floor/ground isn't particularly clean.

With all the pain I felt when I started I was amazed to be doing full head stands for over five minutes in less than 30 days. Not that anyone has to do them but I just followed the instructions and tried not make excuses to get out of the difficult postures.

[tired&retired]

“Then I don’t believe there would be any Christian conflict. I do have patients that perform yoga as such and I encourage it.”

I attend yoga class sponsored by the Duke University Medical School. It helps a lot of people.