Can Christians Do Yoga?

[Ellyse LeeSuan Ng]

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/23243-is-it-okay-for-christians-to-do-yoga 

Found an interesting one... :) 

Still a grey area for me.... uncle guy, what say you?

[Jeremy Loh]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't martial arts also somewhat related to some spiritual background?

That the moves and some of the practices / rituals are of the ancient chinese / japanese belief?

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[Renee Tiun]

hmm. i have heard alot about this. and a few pastors in my growing up years have spoken to me about it.

i did martial arts - taekwondo through out highschool, and learnt capoira, ninjutsu etc here and there. and yes i have been told that it involves some sort of spiritual bondage. personally i have never felt anything untowards, nor was i attacked spiritually. to me doing taekwondo (and yoga - did it a lot in uni) was just a form of exercise. the yoga classes i attended as well did not require us to chant, which i heard some yoga centers do make their students to chant.

well i do not do any of it now, but i personally feel that there is nothing wrong with it - as long as i know it is just another form of exercise.

i do look forward to what Ps Guy has to say about this tho =)

[lisian ng]

 

i do yoga occationally and i made sure there's no chanting either. like renee, i think it's some form of exercise. like to me it's just stretches.. however, i am aware that they believe in the flow of inner energy "Qi", which i dont believe in and they have countless poses. But so far, in this class that i occationally attend, they dont really emphasize on any of these and I dont look up the meaning of poses watsoever. so it really seems like just stretches and that different poses are a different challenges. Now i dont feel the need to go for claasses but i can still practice these stretches at home.

I used to join martial arts at school, Wushu, but only for 2 classes as i was told its association with taoism, confucianism, buddhism, and hundreds of other chinese philosophical systems is undeniable. Also, I felt like I dont see it as a form of defense (like really im not gonna put those skills to use when someone tries to attack me... plus i won't carry a sword with me everywhere i go ) So i quite.

You're right, it is still a gray area for many.. It 's like when i found out that we're not encouraged to read the Harry Potter series. when i heard of this, i've already read a few . And to me, i dont feel like my faith in God is threatened after reading and im well aware that Hogwards, magic wands and platform 9 and 3 quarters dont exist. I can understand if kids are not encouraged to read but don't feel that it's relevant to me , who was already in college at that time.

[guy rozario]

Hi all, in response to Lee Suan's question, Why dont you all read the following article first and then we can discuss the issue. The article below in the reason that Relevant posted the article that Suanee sent us.

http://pastormark.tv/2011/11/02/christian-yoga-its-a-stretch

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From: Ellyse LeeSuan Ng <lee...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:13 PM
Subject: Can Christians Do Yoga?