Harmless as to compromising our walks with God as Christians.
I have heard and know many Christians who would attend yoga classes without hesitations. Too many to count and it pains me that people are acting out of ignorance but not spiritual ineptness. Strong words I used out of frustration and not condemnation. Always the former not the latter.
I'll just list out the obvious deceptions but you would get a much bigger picture if you google it.
Yoga is a Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind*
Footnote* taken right out from google dictionary.
When meditation is involved, and if such meditation is not on God's words, then it opens a door to other unwelcome spirits to enter our minds/body. I have read testimonies from Yoga masters claiming that they could feel their souls leaving their bodies and enter into another dimension, IMO is equivalent to astro projection in the west.
It clearly derived from Pagan practices and Hinduism is a religion that worships many idols. Standard yoga sessions involves playing Hindu music (religious intones) which is almost a replica from those you hear in their temples during worships.
I have personally witnessed and told by many practitioners that classes end with the instructors chanting some sort of a "mantra" that has a significant religious meaning, though I have no idea what it is and I have no desire to know.
There are some higher disciplined Christians (emphasis added) who think that if they could skip the meditation, pull the plug from the CD player to stop the music and not make that last "chant" prior to the end of the session then everything would be fine. It's just a little stretching exercise that does the body good so they say. Here is the catch. Little do they know that many postures or poses of yoga are imitations of Hindu gods or goddesses. There are literally thousands of idols in India that not only come in all shapes and sizes but they are mold in different poses and these are transpired into yoga. As I see it when you do those stretches or postures you are in alignment with idolatry. Moreover you are glorifying false gods and possibly inviting evil spirits. This is the hard truth many are oblivious to and I have done some research and only if people are more vigilant as I am they would see through this deadly deception from the enemy.
The irony :Sundays everyone goes to church to worship God, the great " I am" but on Saturdays they partake in an occult ceremony in a Hindu temple that are modified into a modern day empty classroom in some high rise building.
I'm sure there are some who would agree to disagree. What is your view ?
Still skeptical ? Lets have a second opinion. http://www.gotquesti...stian-yoga.html
Blessings
I have heard and know many Christians who would attend yoga classes without hesitations. Too many to count and it pains me that people are acting out of ignorance but not spiritual ineptness. Strong words I used out of frustration and not condemnation. Always the former not the latter.
I'll just list out the obvious deceptions but you would get a much bigger picture if you google it.
Yoga is a Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion
a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind*
Footnote* taken right out from google dictionary.
When meditation is involved, and if such meditation is not on God's words, then it opens a door to other unwelcome spirits to enter our minds/body. I have read testimonies from Yoga masters claiming that they could feel their souls leaving their bodies and enter into another dimension, IMO is equivalent to astro projection in the west.
It clearly derived from Pagan practices and Hinduism is a religion that worships many idols. Standard yoga sessions involves playing Hindu music (religious intones) which is almost a replica from those you hear in their temples during worships.
I have personally witnessed and told by many practitioners that classes end with the instructors chanting some sort of a "mantra" that has a significant religious meaning, though I have no idea what it is and I have no desire to know.
There are some higher disciplined Christians (emphasis added) who think that if they could skip the meditation, pull the plug from the CD player to stop the music and not make that last "chant" prior to the end of the session then everything would be fine. It's just a little stretching exercise that does the body good so they say. Here is the catch. Little do they know that many postures or poses of yoga are imitations of Hindu gods or goddesses. There are literally thousands of idols in India that not only come in all shapes and sizes but they are mold in different poses and these are transpired into yoga. As I see it when you do those stretches or postures you are in alignment with idolatry. Moreover you are glorifying false gods and possibly inviting evil spirits. This is the hard truth many are oblivious to and I have done some research and only if people are more vigilant as I am they would see through this deadly deception from the enemy.
The irony :Sundays everyone goes to church to worship God, the great " I am" but on Saturdays they partake in an occult ceremony in a Hindu temple that are modified into a modern day empty classroom in some high rise building.
I'm sure there are some who would agree to disagree. What is your view ?
Still skeptical ? Lets have a second opinion. http://www.gotquesti...stian-yoga.html
Blessings
