Why are some churches against yoga?

Question

Many churches are against doing yoga why is that? i dont understand, isnt it just excersise?

Answer 1

theres more to yoga, there is religious beliefs with it, so thats the reason, i believe buddhists perform yoga in there religious ceremonies in order to get to a state of "nirvana"...(a feeling of well being)

Answer 2

If a church is against Yoga, perhaps it's because Yoga is actually the practice of another religion.........It's derived from hinduism.

look up the history of yoga.

However, it's a pretty ignorant church which would take this seriously since the form of yoga done for exercise in the West has little to do with the religion from which it came.

Answer 3

Nothing wrong with the physical exercises. The spiritual meditation part is what concerns the churches. As my own knowledge of yoga is pretty second-hand, I don't make a big issue of it. If people were asking me for advice regarding yoga, I would look into it more. However, what I am told is that the meditation part does involve seeking some spiritual strength in a source other than God. If that is the case, I could understand the concern. But, as I say, I would have to look into it for myself.

Answer 4

many of the non-actual factors taught alongside with yoga (or tai chi, or different oriental disciplines) are from jap non secular philosphy, and subsequently suspect in accordance to a pair Christian perception. for occasion, the belief of 'prana' and 'pranayama'. in case you purely prepare stability and stretching, and talk of terrific suited respiratory without pertaining to 'prana' or 'chakras', there could be not something incompatible with Christian coaching. The poses at the instant are not any form of worship -- yet i'm guessing somebody has heard of the 'Yoga Sutras' and is assuming that each and all and sundry yoga is like that. in case you have have been given a Yoga-Pilates mixture it somewhat is tremendously specific it somewhat is not Yoga Sutras. yet why ask us? If it somewhat is a Catholic college, isn't there a clergyman around?

Answer 5

Overstressed Americans are increasingly turning to various forms of Eastern meditation, particularly yoga, in search of relaxation and spirituality. Underlying these meditative practices, however, is a worldview in conflict with biblical spirituality—though many Christians are (unwisely) practicing yoga.

Many Eastern religions teach that the source of salvation is found within, and that the fundamental human problem is not sin against a holy God but ignorance of our true condition. These worldviews advocate meditation and "higher forms of consciousness" as a way to discover a secret inner divinity.

Yoga, deeply rooted in Hinduism, essentially means to be "yoked" with the divine. Yogic postures, breathing, and chanting were originally designed not to bring better physical health and well-being (Western marketing to the contrary), but a sense of oneness with Brahman—the Hindu word for the absolute being that pervades all things. This is pantheism (all is divine), not Christianity.

Transcendental Meditation is a veiled form of Hindu yoga, though it claims to be a religiously neutral method of relaxation and rejuvenation. Initiates to TM receive a mantra (Hindu holy word) to repeat while sitting in yogic postures and engaging in yogic breathing. The goal is to find God within their own beings, since God (Brahman) and the self (Atman) are really one.

Differences in various forms of Eastern meditation aside, they all aim at a supposedly "higher" or "altered" state of consciousness. Meditation guides claim that normal consciousness obscures sacred realities. Therefore, meditation is practiced in order to suspend rational patterns of thought.

Answer 6

Its the chanting to spirits that the Churches are against,some Yoga discipline do this.

Answer 7

Yoga is the practice of emptying your mind to seek peace and relaxation through meditation, and involves the mind body and soul. It is a spiritual exercise. When your mind is emptied it is like inviting any spirit to enter in. Christians meditate by emptying their thoughts of worldliness and allowing the Holy Spirit to fill it with God's word. Also using a mantra could be dangerous, like calling a spirit. Yoga may seem like a simple exercise but its foundation is spiritually rooted in eastern mysticism and religion.

Answer 8

No, Yoga is partly Eastern meditation. It asks you to open yourself up to spirits. each level of yoga you enter into, you go deeper into the spirits that the Yoga master asks you to go into. These spirits are not from God they are from Satan. That is why yoga is frowned on by churches. for encouragement listen to ttb.org.

Answer 9

No.
Yoga is actually a name for a school of Hindu philosophy. It had a portion of exercise which Americans ripped off made their own version with. They kept the name.

Answer 10

Two reasons:

1 - It feels good.

2 - It has a connection to the Hindu religion, and some Christians think that anything that is not explicitly Christian is eeeeevilll.