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Welcome to the latest yoga inanity. A woman who has a passion for both skiing and yoga decided the two disciplines had a natural affinity and created a new form of yoga/skiing known as SNOWGA.
Why Practicing Yoga Will Make You a Better Hindu
No one can explain yoga better than a Hindu, and in a recent article by the co-founder and managing director of the Hindu American Foundation, Suhag A. Shukla, Esq. confirms what most American Christians just don't want to accept - that practicing yoga will make you a better Hindu.
You Can Stretch That Aching Back Without Yoga!
JM asks: After looking up yoga stretches I discovered that many are the same as the ones the doctor gave me to stretch in the am. Do you have some safe (spiritually speaking) back stretches one could use? I'm lost.
Vatican Exorcist Calls Yoga "Satanic"
Rome's chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, has reignited the debate over whether Christians can practice yoga by declaring that both yoga and Harry Potter are tools of the devil.
Study: Conventional Stretching Exercises Just as Effective as Yoga
Catholic Priest Claims Jesus was the "Greatest Yogi"
The same priest who was involved in a flap over yoga in the UK several years ago and said Jesus was the "greatest yogi" has now introduced mandatory yoga classes at St. Peter's College in India where a giant picture of Jesus sitting in a yoga position sits at the entrance to the school.
Trying to Separate the Physical from the Spiritual Aspects of Yoga - for Profit's Sake?
BY writes: "You mention yoga pretty often on your program, and there's one thing that I've never heard from you, that you might want to include in your arguments. It will help you when talking to people who want to do the physical part only. The physical is Hatha Yoga and the meditative is Rajah Yoga. There is an old saying in yoga itself - "No hatha without rajah; no rajah without hatha". This clearly says that it is impossible to divorce the physical from the meditative, according to the philosophy itself. If they say it can't be done, then it definitely can't be done."
No Inner Chi, Gongs or Yoga: Reader Shares Great NO-YOGA Exercise Program
Our thanks to VP who shared this information about an exercise program that does not involve any New Age ideas. I checked out the site and it's clean! Enjoy!
Looking for Church Teaching on Yoga? Read "Some Aspects of Christian Meditation"
TV writes: "I had heard that Pope Benedict said that Yoga is not a sin in itself but the worshiping of our bodies is sinful. Is there more you can share about our Catholic Church's teachings of yoga."