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My sister is a yoga teacher. They don't chant or do Hindu spirituality.
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Yoga: A cautionary tale
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The problem with discussing Yoga is that the term can refer to a million different things. Properly speaking it really should refer only to specific types of Hindu spiritual exercises, but Hinduism is such a disparate and disjointed religion (to the point that I would hesitate to call it a single religion, but instead call it a host of similar religion) that even when used for that purpose it can still refer to a huge number of distinct practices. To make matters worse there are many exercises programs which have taken some of the physical exercises from traditional Yoga, removed the spiritual components. These exercise programs may add their own innovations, becoming something else entirely.
So it is impossible to definitively say anything about Yoga. The topic is too broad.
What is dangerous is that people can see one Yoga class and assume that all Yoga is identical. This is absolutely not the case, but it is natural to think, especially if you have little familiarity with Hinduism. So someone may see a Yoga class which is obviously nothing but a series of stretches to help with flexibility, and then hear someone warn of another class that teaches false religious beliefs, or which is spiritual dangerous. Assuming that Yoga just means a boring exercise class, the claims seem ridiculous on the face. But it's possible that those claims are accurate, depending on the type of Yoga that they were describing.
So it is impossible to definitively say anything about Yoga. The topic is too broad.
What is dangerous is that people can see one Yoga class and assume that all Yoga is identical. This is absolutely not the case, but it is natural to think, especially if you have little familiarity with Hinduism. So someone may see a Yoga class which is obviously nothing but a series of stretches to help with flexibility, and then hear someone warn of another class that teaches false religious beliefs, or which is spiritual dangerous. Assuming that Yoga just means a boring exercise class, the claims seem ridiculous on the face. But it's possible that those claims are accurate, depending on the type of Yoga that they were describing.
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Typical. I used a generic 'you', and you, personally, take it personally. Meh.
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