Posted on 09/26/2012 9:17:56 PM PDT by Jyotishi
-Yoga instructor Cori Withell was told activity was part of Hindu religion -37-year-old banned from using Catholic church hall despite paying up beforehand -She said the class was just for exercise and did not feature meditation -Ban not Catholic church policy - decision left to discretion of individual priests
Banned: Fitness instructor Cori Withell was told she could not hold her yoga class at a Catholic church as it was a Hindu religious activity
She meant her yoga classes to be a calming and relaxing experience for all those concerned.
Instead, Cori Withell has ended up flustered and frustrated after a priest banned her from his church hall because her lessons are ‘not compatible’ with the Catholic faith.
The 37-year-old instructor was told by Father John Chandler that yoga is a Hindu religious activity and therefore not in keeping with his rules on promoting Catholic activities.
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Yes, I’ve done some yoga and even more pilates.
Extremely humbling. Have spent many years as a morning gym rat and yet the exertions in the classes leave me trembling and panting—and not from desire!
I’ve never harbored the delusion that anybody was looking at me except out of amusement or pity. Many of those women—and the seemingly frail, skinny men among them!—are possessed of a tremendously limber, tensile strength.
I’m not going to comment on Hindu beliefs more than that the belief in one worshipping the self and emptying the mind are not Christian beliefs.
The Hindu scriptures - Vedas - never teach that one should empty the mind; they teach that such a goal is impossible. It’s Buddhism that teaches that. And the “self-worship” should be translated as “Self worship” which means God within our hearts, as the Soul of our souls; not that someone worships their own self.
There is a sub-branch of monism that practices ahangrahopasana (sp?) wherein they worship themselves, but it is a dead end and mistaken understanding. And does not in any way agree with the conclusion of the Bhagavad Gita, Puranas or other Hindu texts.
Nor do I have a problem with Hindus. They’re a very peace loving people. Harmonious people.
Like I said before, I have never attended any yoga class. But my wife who is a Christian likes to attend yoga classes when we are on a cruise ship. We cruise every year. Almost every large cruise offers yoga. I have strolled into the yoga classes to meet my wife there and all I saw was stretching exercises and meditation type of things. My wife says it is beneficial to her. She said there was no religious stuff in there. If yoga has survived 5000 years, ther must be something good in it. I won’t do yoga because I have no need for it. I keep myself in great shape walking 18 holes 4 times every week playing competitive golf. Golf originated in Scotland and could have Christian origins. I could’nt care less where it originated so long as I enjoy it and benefit from it.
Golf has roots in Christian Scotland, and I play it 4 times a week. I could not care less where it originated if I enjoy it.
You would have liked tonight’s yoga class...just sayin’
:)
We worked on three legged down dog - which is down dog, with one leg up, and crooked up and over....yes, I thought of this thread and almost laughed.
Not good...got some bad boys here...
Head down eyes forward—that’s my motto!
Ha..you are a good sport.
Thanks for the kind word, take care!
I like it. ;^)
You don’t have a monopoly on ignorance.
Did you say “golf”? That’s racist (according to MSNBC)!
Hindu-Americans Rank Top in Education, Income
A poster displaying the religions of India and the Indian flag hang on the wall at the India Heritage Camp in 2006. A new study shows Hindus are more educated and earn more than any other religion in the U.S.
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Matthew Hilburn
Voice of America
July 30, 2012
Hindu-Americans have the highest socioeconomic levels among all religions in the United States, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life.
Experts say U.S. immigration policy is the main reason Hindus do so well.
Both the 1965 Immigration Act and the more recent H1-B visa program set the table for Hindus to succeed. The former encouraged the immigration of professionals, particularly doctors and engineers, while the latter was designed to encourage the immigration of highly skilled “guest workers.”
The number of H1-B visas issued to Indians grew steadily in the late 1990s and early 2000s and then spiked again in 2007. In 2011, according to the study, India accounted for more than half of all the H1-B visas granted.
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“The education capital of this group is phenomenal,” said Khyati Joshi, an associate professor at the Fairleigh Dickinson School of Education in Teaneck, New Jersey.
The Pew study, titled “Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths,” bears that out, and the numbers are staggering.
Eighty-five percent of Hindu-Americans are college graduates, and 57 percent have some postgraduate education, which is nearly five times the national average.
Education levels largely correlate to income, and there as well, Hindus rank at the top of the list.
According to the study, 48 percent of Hindu-American households have an income of $100,000 or more, and 70 percent make at least $75,000.
Another, secondary driver for the success of Hindus can be traced back to India’s caste system, according to Prema Kurien, a professor of sociology and the director of the Asian/Asian American Studies Program at Syracuse University in New York.
“Hindu migrants to the U.S. are largely from upper caste backgrounds,” she said. “Upper castes have had a long history of socioeconomic and educational advantage in India.”
According to Alan Cooperman, the associate director for research for the study, the success of Hindus stems from the type of person that chooses to leave India and who the U.S. admits. This, he said, is quite different from other immigrant groups, where there are often high numbers of refugees or undocumented immigrants.
“This is the first time anybody has had good data on [Hindus],” said Cooperman. “Hindus are a fascinating group.”
http://www.voanews.com/content/hinds_most_educated_highest_earning_religion/1449355.html
He is right, there are all kinds of spirits and hindu yoga ones are not the good kind
ballet is better for that stuff, core and balance and you don’t get the screwing with your mind that comes with yoga
To be fair, Christmas is pagan, having a cross is idolatry, Christmas tree is downright Satanic, taking Jesus’ name should result in death, unruly children should be killed off, other cheek must be shown, another eye must be taken out, etc.
the analogy with golf is incorrect because yoga originated not as an exercise system but as a means of connecting with brahman.
Golf, despite the beliefs of its adherents, didn't :-)
thank you for the correction
Ah, I wouldn’t know about that. All I know is that they operate more on a trust system than the intrusive DRM that other games use. I haven’t played it for a few years tbh, I was just scratting around for a pseudonym when signing up here and I came up with that name at the time.
Hindi is a language, one of the 300+ languages in India. Hindu is a person who belongs to the Hindu meta-religion
I think some of the yoga stretches etc. (Surya namaskars etc) are extremely good for limbering up and making one’s muscles supple. Golf is ok to get a walk :-P but I believe that one needs to have strength training, stamina (Cardio etc.) and suppleness to have a complete workout.
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