The dangers of yoga

Akita Suggagaki said:

I like just ruminating about "dwelling", "abiding". What does it mean to dwell in "The Most High" to "abide" in "the almighty"? It can mean so much. It reminds me of when the apostles asked Jesus, 'Where do you dwell?"

Yes, good question, where did Jesus dwell? Where do I dwell?

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So as in Psalm 23 when the psalmist writes, "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever", where is this dwelling? In a place such as heaven (and what is heaven exactly), somewhere in God's Kingdom (a physical place, spiritual?) or might God's house be in each one of us as our bodies are temples and thus must contain their own version of the most holy place? If we abide with him, then is he also an abode and what does that mean? Or is it the place in his Father's house he has gone to prepare? A physical place? A spiritual place? Future, past, present, or even all three at once since God's time is not our own?

Cimorene said:

Like a channel on YouTube?

There's free yoga classes at the park near me but I'm kinda intimidated by how talented everybody is with it, lol. I need more practice at home.

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I checked with the gals, they use Daily Burn. It's a subscription service kinda like Netflix but for exercising.

They do yoga at this big park in Atlanta too. I've seen grannies out there enjoying themselves. You're a young gal, I'm sure you'd get the hang of things fast. Just go give it a shot, enjoy yourself. Everybody doing yoga is too focused on themselves to pay much notice to anybody else anyhow, I suspect.

FireDragon76 said:

Pilates is also worth looking into.

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I've tried it, it is a good workout! I prefer running & weight lifting. My girlfriend & sister both love yoga. They do the floor pilates too.

bekkilyn said:

So as in Psalm 23 when the psalmist writes, "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever", where is this dwelling? In a place such as heaven (and what is heaven exactly), somewhere in God's Kingdom (a physical place, spiritual?) or might God's house be in each one of us as our bodies are temples and thus must contain their own version of the most holy place? If we abide with him, then is he also an abode and what does that mean? Or is it the place in his Father's house he has gone to prepare? A physical place? A spiritual place? Future, past, present, or even all three at once since God's time is not our own?

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@Akita Suggagaki is suggesting something more like a koan. When read in this manner, ultimately the text is taking the reader to a place that has a non-cognitive response.

FireDragon76 said:

@Akita Suggagaki is suggesting something more like a koan. When read in this manner, ultimately the text is taking the reader to a place that has a non-cognitive response.

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My response was more like continuing questions that lead to other questions that lead to other questions and with answers becoming less and less important.

FireDragon76 said:

@Akita Suggagaki is suggesting something more like a koan. When read in this manner, ultimately the text is taking the reader to a place that has a non-cognitive response.

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Ye, pretty much. At some point there ar eno more questions, no more pondering, just quiet resting in the Presence.

Is it dangerous to drink Yogi Tea?

Akita Suggagaki said:

Is it dangerous to drink Yogi Tea?

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You just have to be extra careful when you pour the tea because whenever the tea forms bubbles, there is a random chance of a demon popping out of one when it bursts open! Also, if you bend down really close to an unpopped air bubble, you might be able to see hellfire reflecting from within and tiny little demons with pitchforks dancing around a teapot!

All the world's religions and cultures have been strongly influenced by other world religions and cultures. I make a possible exception for the natives of North Sentinal Island and a few isolated tribes in the Amazon.

Christianity and Judaism both have strong influences from Egyptian and Babylonian beliefs, Zoroastrianism, the Mystery Cults and also Greek Philosophy. I may have left out some.

Personally I have found Tai Chi to be an excellent stress reliever and I have received similar reports about Yoga. As a long time Christian all this does not challenge me at all.

The more I study different religions and philosophies, the more I can see the many influences and connections between them, including with Christianity. It's made me much more supportive of the concept of the "anonymous Christian". I'm not a universalist because I believe that God created us with free will and so we have the free will to reject him, but at the same time, I really wonder just how many would reject him once the entirety of truth is known and people are able to make an informed choice?

Yoga exercises are wonderful for many health purposes, and tea is always a plus, yogi or otherwise!

bekkilyn said:

You just have to be extra careful when you pour the tea because whenever the tea forms bubbles, there is a random chance of a demon popping out of one when it bursts open! Also, if you bend down really close to an unpopped air bubble, you might be able to see hellfire reflecting from within and tiny little demons with pitchforks dancing around a teapot!

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Even "Soothing Caramel Bedtime"? It is so soothing.
Not as soothing as Miso soup though. Is Miso soup ok? It is very popular in Japan where Zen is also popular.

JackRT said:

All the world's religions and cultures have been strongly influenced by other world religions and cultures. I make a possible exception for the natives of North Sentinal Island and a few isolated tribes in the Amazon.

Christianity and Judaism both have strong influences from Egyptian and Babylonian beliefs, Zoroastrianism, the Mystery Cults and also Greek Philosophy. I may have left out some.

Personally I have found Tai Chi to be an excellent stress reliever and I have received similar reports about Yoga. As a long time Christian all this does not challenge me at all.

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I am dealing with some severe sciatica. Stretches got to be mild. But I have found that some simple Qi Gong is helpful.

Akita Suggagaki said:

Even "Soothing Caramel Bedtime"? It is so soothing.
Not as soothing as Miso soup though. Is Miso soup ok? It is very popular in Japan where Zen is also popular.

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You will need to think on it with a beginner's mind.

bekkilyn said:

You just have to be extra careful when you pour the tea because whenever the tea forms bubbles, there is a random chance of a demon popping out of one when it bursts open! Also, if you bend down really close to an unpopped air bubble, you might be able to see hellfire reflecting from within and tiny little demons with pitchforks dancing around a teapot!

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I drink Yogi Tea (iced! always! it's the bomb) and I practice yoga daily. I think those little dancing demons jumped from my Hydro Flask into my brain because something possessed me to try out faux dreadlocks. I did it as part of a fundraising event, but still. I have important events coming up where I need to be presentable, so yeah.... My mom literally asked me what possessed my mind. So I'm gonna blame the tea!

On a positive note, I love Yogi Tea, and yoga has long been an indispensable part of my life. Rather than it endangering me it's actually be restorative. I've practiced it since I was tiny. When I was an infant chickenpox-induced sepsis savagely brutalized my tiny body, destroying my adrenal cortex, and damaging my whole endocrine system as well as my stomach, so I still keel over in pain. As a consequence of chickenpox / sepsis, I also have this rare disease called Addison's where my body doesn't provide the hormones necessary to respond to stress. I had an adrenal crisis in June that caused me to be in a coma, and it was due to the combined stresses of a heatwave and final exams. The most famous person who had it was President John F Kennedy, though his was adult-onset and autoimmune so it was not as severe. It wasn't public knowledge at the time, but it's now a part of historical record that during times of immense stress like the Cuban Missile Crisis he smoked copious amounts of marijuana as a way of managing his Addison's. He should have learned yoga, haha.

I was first taught how to do yoga when I was four because it's so imperative that I manage physical and mental stress. Even ordinary things like being too hyper were physically dangerous to me. Today yoga is how I start every morning. It's calmer and more meditative then, and it's when I also pray and think of my day. At night I do more physically intense acro-yoga and contortion. We actually have this guest house that is now referred to as "my" yoga studio, ha. It's extremely mentally relaxing to me because it requires that I give it my full concentration, so my mind isn't drifting to anxieties or my to-do list. It's like this retreat from stress.

Stanfordella said:

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Wow! Just WOW! That would kill me!!!!

Stanfordella said:

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This is incredible! You do that on a daily basis? I can't imagine doing it even once in my life!

Thanks for sharing.

Have you tried Miso soup? Ihink it is most relaxing.