yoga

I'm really shocked at how pervasive "spiritual" thinking is today. Even in many churches they have yoga classes. Now of course there are many degrees of yoga spirituality and hopefully they are doing just the movements. But it used to be that way with almost all yoga classes. Now it seems...

I've joined a Yoga class to get my health credit for school. I need the credit to graduate HS. I've only had one class so far and right on that first day we did the child's pose, tried to stimulate our third eye and we "opened our minds" it was pretty alarming to me because I'm going to be stuck...

Dear Christian Forum reader, I am posting this in the ethics/morals section because I had a hard time navigating the site and figuring out where to put a question like this. If the post needs any relocating you are welcome to notify me or have a moderator move it to the proper place. I found...

Hello, I am looking for some clear advice on angel cards. I have tried googling and cannot find any clear answers. Are they very much advised against in the bible? After a traumatic experience in the summer I started meditating while at home recovering which helped with the healing process...

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, one of my Christian friends send me this post about how Yoga is Satanic: Yogic Is Satanic : JoyofSatan666 There are also numerous posts about how Shiva and Dionysus are also Satan, etc etc. I'm afraid because a lot of Christians do Yoga and I wanted to...

I wanted to ask has anyone here done or do yoga, Qi Gong and/or Martial Arts? If so do you have any resources for learning more about it and your own experiences? I'm not sure how these fit into the Christian Faith and what Christianity thinks of yoga, qi gong or martial arts though.

I absolutely love taking yoga classes. It helps sweat out toxins in the body, creates a more flexible body, and clears the mind. I guess the only thing that sometimes worries me is how it is a middle eastern practice. I make sure when they talk about the third eye not to join in and I will not...

[Caution: Much of what will be discussed is unorthodox to Protestantism, Anglican, Lutheran and Calvinism. I'm not interested in debate just interested in tossing some ideas out there for discussion with my Protestant/Calvinistic brothers and sisters.] Ok, here goes, I took a break from my...

Through The Eastern Gate Nilus Stryker, San Francisco, California, USA From Yoga & Buddhism to Orthodoxy Nilus Stryker, San Francisco, California, USA: I had been a Buddhist for ten years. I was ordained after seven years of study with my teacher in a small family line of the Nyingma Lineage...

Yoga and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Are They Compatible? Dr. Christine Mangala, India Dr. Christine Mangala was raised in India and brought up a devout Hindu. Her family was close to one of India’s leading Hindu gurus and teachers. Now an Eastern Orthodox Christian writer and teacher, she...