Truth Here!

Deeper research led me to a site that explains the traditions and origins of yoga. Each yoga pose is actually a physical offering to one of the 330 million Hindu gods.

“Many Westerners who practice yoga today are unaware that the physical positions assumed in yoga symbolize a spiritual act: worshiping one of the many Hindu gods,” Dr. Alexander said. “To a Hindu, yoga is the oa, utward physical expression of a deep spiritual belief. You cannot separate one from the other.”- George P. Alexander, PH.D

Holy Yoga, Batman!! Yoga IS the physical reflection of a deep spiritual belief of the Hindu religion. Yes, it is healthy for one to learn to stretch and breathe, but it is not healthy for me, a believer of Christ, to dabble in the religion of another. When A.K. Mozumda "the father of Christian Yoga" came to the western world between 1864-1953, he brought Yoga with him. We can call him the "missionary". People who don't know what yoga really is, and seem to think it is just a series of breathing and stretching (like me...10 minutes ago) are actually falling into a dramatic missionary movement for the Islamic religion!

“If man thinks and acts, is not the thinker and actor God? If God is all life, then all lives are God. The creative power is the very nature of the being of the Creator; hence the creative power is God. Life is the Creator, and will never be reduced to the level of its own creation. This knowledge sets a man free.” - A.K. Mozumda

Where is the Christian belief in that, at all?! As Christians, we believe that Jesus, and ONLY Jesus, is the way, the truth, and the light.

So, the Hindu's that brought us yoga knew exactly where it would lead us- to worship THEIR Gods. (330 million...wow..) I'm so happy to only have ONE God. :) I'm high-stressed enough...throw in 229 more gods to worship and I'd probably seriously frickin LOSE MY MIND.

And the time for meditation and relaxation at the end of the yoga classes, is meant to "open the mind, and clear it." As Christians, you are instructed to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2), not the emptying of your mind. By emptying your mind, and letting the knowledge and truth seep out of you..what could you potentially be opening yourself up to? Paul called satan "The prince of the power of the air" Eph 2:2....

I'm convinced enough. I want to worship my ONE God. He is more than enough for me. <3