I consider that a revisionist opinion and think it takes little more intelligence than looking on wiki to see that if the Eastern Religious praxis is excluded then its no more fully yoga than the Mass without the Eucharist is and efficacious and valid Mass.
My impression is thats probably accurate. In fact, I doubt very many people are even exposed to the pagan aspects of yoga in general UNLESS they are specifically pursuing the Eastern Religion to begin with. There are however, warnings from the Vatican that are not negligible.
Sure, in a synchronistic sort of way. I believe that you have a sort of blockage over what that is, and adversely, I am probably a bit to scrupulous about it so we can't see eye to eye on that, but I'm ok with that if you are and won't hold it agianst you.
There is no physical benefit to pagan worship. To do so is to commit permanent death of both body and soul according to the real one true God.
If you mean the exercises, well, we all really know thats not REAL yoga and really, its irresponsible to try and convince of anything with warnings attached by the Vatican.
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on some aspects of ...
"10. Both of these forms of error continue to be a temptation for man the sinner. They incite him to try and overcome the distance separating creature from Creator, as though there ought not to be such a distance; to consider the way of Christ on earth, by which he wishes to lead us to the Father, as something now surpassed; to bring down to the level of natural psychology what has been regarded as pure grace, considering it instead as "superior knowledge" or as "experience."
Such erroneous forms, having reappeared in history from time to time on the fringes of the Church's prayer, seem once more to impress many Christians, appealing to them as a kind of remedy, be it psychological or spiritual, or as a quick way of finding God."
Not the physical exercises mind you, but the spirituality of paganism. There is no need to divorce the two and call it what it was. I doubt Buddhists would appreciate that much and would be the first ones to tell us that yoga exercise without an intention of their religion is not the fullness of their faith praxis.
Bottom line is, any Christian who thinks any form of "yoga" is drawing them toward a closer union with God is fooling themselves.
Jim,
This is where the Abbot is deceived and why his diciples mistakenly think yoga is benign in any form:
"12. With the present diffusion of eastern methods of meditation in the Christian world and in ecclesial communities, we find ourselves faced with a pointed renewal of an attempt, which is not free from dangers and errors,
to fuse Christian meditation with that which is non-Christian."
Study that document above and take to heart all the ways it contradicts what Keating has created by false ecumenism. Keating may be handling such ecumenism and remaining faithful to mother Church by virtue of his vocation, but I assure you, its not for everyone or a viable option for the unwitting laity or from what I have seen, from the apparent blindness to synchronism and religious indifference, as encouraged through various aspects of the Pentecostalisation of Catholics, even among 3rd orders. I hope that doesn't offend as I have no intention to. Its simply my honest observation and the line I feel the Church draws against
religious indifference.
Peace.