Thats just plain ignorance
Like fearing witches in stupid pubescent girls cavorting in the woods
Yoga and practicing occult black magic are not remotely the same thing
Any of you scolds been to yoga and been tempted by dark spirits
Or is this just a hunch
Whats your actual experience wit a yoga class
That’s what they are called.... classes
And they have different skill levels
The only Indian words I’ve ever heard are on occasion the Indian name for a pose and the salutation word namaste or something like that
Christian yoga doesn’t use the word namaste but rather something else which escapes me
Namaste is a greeting to another persons essence or soul...a salutation of respect
What’s black magic about that?
Yoga is about breathing foremost and then muscle stretching and joint manipulation which really in the end results in endorphin release like any serious excercise
And high level yoga is serious....
And sweat....lots of sweat..tons of it
Mats soaked especially in hot yoga
Some people have no problem playing with a Wiji, personally I would not.
“Christian yoga”
http://christiananswersforthenewage.org/Articles_ChristianYoga.html
You are correct wardaddy.
I’ve been doing yoga for years and I’d call it the perfect exercise along with martial arts and walking.
I am very Christian and there has been no conflict whatsoever, at least with the teachers I’ve had.
I’m sure some individual teachers might present a problem, but that’s where our discernment should kick in.
If it's just exercise, why not go with a fitness program that doesn't have the Eastern mystical garbage, instead?
I actually did yoga and was profoundly influenced by dark spirits. Over time my worldview went from basically Judeo-Christian to New Age. I had horrific nightmares every night that I wasn’t aware of until I married my husband and he told me about my mid-night screams. When I became a true believer in Jesus and threw away all my yoga books, I was basically harassed by a demonic spirit until I told it to be gone in the Name of Jesus.
The New Age teaching that we can become gods is the lie that satan told in the garden, and yoga, at least for me, was the open door for deception in my life. There is a very real spiritual influence in yoga - I applaud this church.
The foremost exorcist at the Vatican wrote volumes on how yoga endangers the soul of a Christian by inviting the occult. His warnings are enough for me. I won’t go near yoga and any “church” that practices it is sadly mistaken. I don’t let my kids do it either.