by Chris Lawson of Spiritual Research Network
Dear reader, the following article has been written in order to convey information about the unbiblical practice of Christian Yoga. Sadly, many professing Christians in the church are too undiscerning to know any better. Even Hindu’s recognize that “Christian Yoga is still Hindu.”
This article is also written with heartfelt grief and concern for those whom I have lovingly warned about the dangers of yoga, but who have rejected biblical counsel, pastoral exhortation, brotherly advice, testimony of destroyed lives, written warnings from yogi’s of the dangers involved with yoga, etc. This past year I have received several emails from people whose lives have become dismantled due to yoga practice.
Others, thinking they know better, have laughed at me and said that I don’t know what I am talking about. Some have even gone so far as to ignorantly state that hatha yoga is just “exercise” and cannot harm anybody.
Although this article is in two parts, it is not meant to be a full length biblical critique on Christian yoga. Rather, it is meant to serve as a wake up call and warning to all who profess to be Christian–and yet find themselves “Stretching out in Worship” through yogic poses (asanas) and breath control techniques (pranayama). If any professing Christian can still justify doing yoga after reading this and the forthcoming articles, they might want to think twice about which Jesus they worship. The Jesus of the Bible does not and will never endorse any kind of yoga. Yoga, in any way, shape or form, has the ability to corrupt the mind and undo a Christian’s faith. It has as its goal the conversion
of individuals to an occult, pantheistic world view. As we shall see, Christian Yoga, like all yoga, is part of the occult based Hindu religion. Re-labeling yoga for undiscerning westerners doesn’t change the facts. Yoga is yoga! Click here to read more.
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