I use to do yoga and martial arts but stopped after finding out their origins. Is doing yoga or martial arts wrong?
I use to do yoga and martial arts but stopped after finding out their origins. Is doing yoga or martial arts wrong?
There is nothing specific in scripture on the subject of type of fighting that is approved or not approved.
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Written by a Yogi.It was quite astonishing to see on the flyer Christian Yoga! This Thursday night . I could feel the wheels spinning in my brain. Christian Yoga, I thought. Now while Christians can practice yoga, I am not aware of any Christian teachings about yoga. Yoga is not a Judeo/Christian word! It is not a part of the Roman Catholic teachings and certainly not a part of protestant teachings. It is not found within the King James Version of the bible. It is a Hindu word, or more correctly a Sanskrit word from the Vedic civilization. So how did we get Christian Yoga?
From this I could conclude that Christian Yoga could only indicate one of two possibilities:
1) Christianity is threatened by yoga and is attempting to take over this system that is expanding and successfully teaching spirituality to the masses.
2) Christianity is subconsciously attempting to return to the spiritual roots of civilizationthe Vedic civilization.
Then either you aren't doing yoga or you don't understand the connection.I've done yoga and it had absolutely no religious connotations. I have a Catholic friend who does it almost every day with a group. She loves it.
Most American yoga students would answer this question with a simple no. As practitioners, we aren't required to adhere to a particular faith or obliged to observe religious rituals such as baptisms or bar mitzvahs. We aren't asked to believe in God, to attend organized worship services, or to learn specific prayers.
And yet, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, an ancient text that is widely referred to in yoga classes today, clearly presents a moral code for yogis to follow and outlines the path toward a mystical state of enlightenment known as samadhi, or union with the Divine.
Its practices include chanting to deities, setting up altars, and even praying.
Yoga was never secular, traditionally. It was always connected to spirituality, and spirituality was never separated from religion.
I'd like to add that classical yoga is concerned with religious experience or spiritual realizations at an individual level, rather than promoting one en masse faith.
However there are and were many things that the Jewish and Pagans did copy from one another
Nothing wrong with raising your spirit to your crown. Clear mindfulness is the result.I use to do yoga and martial arts but stopped after finding out their origins. Is doing yoga or martial arts wrong?
I use to do yoga and martial arts but stopped after finding out their origins. Is doing yoga or martial arts wrong?
I teach Christian Tai Chi.Tai Chi is a form of moving yoga or meditation in movement.
Christians have forgotten God's commands on "Stillness".