Now ‘Catholic Yoga’ in America

Washington Bangla Radio ^ | 1/24/11

[marshmallow]

Nevada, Jan 24 (IBNS) Famous Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago (USA) is now offering ‘Catholic Yoga’ classes.

Website of this Cathedral, which is both a parish and the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, says: “Join us as we explore the multiple spiritual and physical benefits of yoga practice while explicitly integrating prayers and spiritual themes of our Catholic faith.”

“Typical sessions will include an opening prayer, inspired movement & strengthening, and contemplative prayer to close. The program will be focused around various themes to coincide with the liturgical calendar and progression of our faith life across the seasons”, it adds.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on Monday, said that although introduced and nourished by Hinduism, yoga was a world heritage to be utilized by all.

Instructors for ‘Catholic Yoga’ include Ali Niederkorn, who claims to be “a devoted Catholic and a practicing yogi”; and Dina Wolf, who teaches vinyasa flow yoga and who has taken Hatha yoga classes.

[marshmallow]

Read this article by a priest and former devotee of various types of Eastern spirituality such as yoga, for a description of the dangers of dabbling in this New Age gobbledygook.

[newheart]

Outside of Pilates studios, the most common place to find a yoga class in the U.A. is in a church. If it’s just stretching, I’d say it is no big deal. Often, however, it is a way to bring Eastern philosophy into the lives of American soccer moms and college students.

[newheart]

U.A. = U.S.

[ClearCase_guy]

You beat me to it.

Stretching = good.
Meditating on your chakras, and opening your mind to the emptiness of Brahma = not good.

[Le Chien Rouge]

I took a yoga class last week and the instructor was playing Gregorian Chants for mode music.

The instructor never mentioned anything but the stretching techniques.

This was a very relaxed class.

[newheart]

Yep. One of the reasons I am no longer an Episcopalian.

[Salvation]

I wish they could call it something else and copyright the name.

“CatholicJourney”

“CatholicMeditation”

Any other thoughts?

[Bigg Red]

I wish they could call it something else and copyright the name.

^^^
I agree. The stretching and the relaxation can,IMO, definitely open the mind and the spirit. But I want my spirit prepared to dwell on our One True God and not sullied by focusing on some Eastern bullclinton.

[verdugo]

re:Read this article by a priest and former devotee of various types of Eastern spirituality such as yoga, for a description of the dangers of dabbling in this New Age gobbledygook.

18 years he says he took part in Hindu mantra meditations. Wow! I did it for like two years and started having problems with demonic obsession. Strange that he does not mention that. Now he's a "faith healer".

I think that this "faith healing" is a bunch of crock. I think that these Catholic priests who claim to be "faith healers" are fakes or they are dabbling with the devil themselves. I wouldn't trust this priest.

[verdugo]

re: Catholic Yoga in America

It's actually good that they advertise this stuff. Great warning for Catholics to avoid those priests and bishops who promote this garbage. Tells you that they've lost the faith or their marbles.

[ichabod1]

Uh-oh. I was taking yoga last night and a man next to me had a demon tattooed on his arm. I’m laying in savasana (dead body pose) and I look over and see this demon on the guys arm staring at me.

[verdugo]

Don't worry, as long as the tattoo was not on his glutes, you'll be alright.

[caww]

It’s the New Age Spiritualism making it’s headway as usual...and an agenda by Gurus of the East for some time now. We will see more and more of these pagan practices in our country as it continues to turn it’s back on God...as well as the churches doing so....”Having an appearance of Godliness”....

[caww]

You’re being influenced just the same...make no mistake about that. They will introduce more as you go along...pay attention to the chants...you are calling on their Gods even if you think otherwise.

The whole idea behind this cultish agenda is to get people to relax and trust them....then they start playing with your head...it is very deceptive and entraps people long before they realize.

[Le Chien Rouge]

They can try to ‘slip New Age garbage ‘ into the mood music but I’m to busy stretching and reciting a few Our Fathers or Hail Mary’s to notice...

[caww]

They don’t care if you notice...you have no business doing this crap IMO. Each to their own but you’ve been warned. BTW catholic chanting isn’t going to deter their course on iotta.

[Desdemona]

Just stick to pilates as taught by a Stott certified instructor. Joseph Pilates was a German physician who was trying to get injured soldiers back on the battlefield. It’s stretching and strength, feels really good and does not have any “spiritual” stuff. Seriously, it’s really good, but then my instructor is Catholic, so....

[sayuncledave]

Aren’t the mantras actually the names of hindu gods and goddesses, though? I thought I’d read that somewhere. I’d stay away because of the new age-y stuff. But my exercise if chasing little ones. ;)

[verdugo]

The mantras are the names of Hindu gods, the Hindus have gazillion gods. The problem is with the meditation itself, a word is repeated over and over, and over, with the objective of opening yourself to a “higher conscience”.
The New Age movement uses the same repeating technique, and they use other words or sounds that are not Hindu gods. It's all the same garbage. Repeating the same sound, like for example “retar” (which I just made up, from retard) over and over for 20 minutes, can eventually open one up to the diabolical. At the time, I was seeking new knowledge, I didn't know that it was a calling of the diabolical. Once they began to manifest themselves, I immediately rejected them, and realized what I had done. Doing an Our Father, Hail Mary, or just repeating the Holy Name of Jesus, all while asking Him to rid the place of these things, that worked to get rid of them.

Avoid all repeating one word mantras, whether they call themselves Christian or not. Avoid Catholic or Christian faith healers, even if they're are priests.