Last night I was told about a woman going into church's and conferences preaching that Yoga (all yoga) was teaching Hinduism. This is clearly not the case, and I can say this with the background and experience to support it. I googled and found this woman who clearly took her fundamentalist theology and got very crafty with her Bible verses, and is using her ideology to market praise yoga,not Christian Yoga, praise yoga. She even says that Christian Yoga is dangerous, it just gets kookier, you can google praise yoga if you would like.
Here is a good article my friend Uma sent me on how yoga pertains to your personal religious belief system.
http://http//www.dlshq.org/religions/yogachristian.htm
If you are reading this and you do not know me you may wonder where my beliefs lay. I would label myself a Progressive Liberal Christian with a social justice agenda. I also happen to be a yoga instructor who has taught for eight years and practiced for twenty. My Christian faith is the foundation of everything I stand for.
When did this country start believing that in order to be a Christian you had to vote a certain way, think homosexuals were ruining marriage, believe sex education was a bad thing, and feel that judging others for their beliefs would lead them to Christ. What would the world look like if we quit fear mongering and loved each other. This is not condoning, if you don't condone it don't do it. Didn't these people get the memo that you can't control others behavior. Be kind, give lots of hugs, smile at people, get your butt up and do something for someone else, give what you can, spend some time in service and less time thinking about how to change everyone.
A woman told me the other day that she didn't speak to her daughter much and her grandchildren because they didn't study the bible the way she thought they ought to. Now what if that woman spent time with her family, led by example in her actions, called her kid and grand kids regularly and said "I wanted to call and say I love you, and I am proud of you". Which scenario is going to make those family members be more like grandma?
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Hi, Courtney!
We may have met before. I started AR Sustainability Network with Katy and Danielle. I love this post. I was accused of practicing a crazy religion when I told my ex's parents that I do yoga. My current boyfriend's cousin has parents who refuse to talk to him because he is gay and has been in a committed relationship with a man for the past 15 years. Isn't that crazy?
It feels great to know that someone else in Arkansas has had similar experiences as myself.
Love what you do in the Spa City. Come visit my blog (http://greenarbytheday.wordpress.com/) when you get a chance!
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