Various organizations are promoting "Christian Yoga", claiming to provide a Christian approach to yoga. There are DVDs like "Christoga: Yoga Filled Body - Christ Filled Soul" (60 minutes of Yoga with bible scriptures recited by Janine. Yoga with Christ as the meditation focus!). There is a "Christian Yoga Magazine". There are books like "Yoga for Christians: A Christ-Centered Approach to Physical and Spiritual Health through Yoga"," Holy Yoga: Exercise for the Christian Body and Soul", etc.
Welcoming the widespread interest in yoga, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that although introduced and nourished by Hinduism, yoga was a world heritage and liberation powerhouse to be utilized by all. One could still practice one''s respective faith and do yoga. Yoga would rather help one in achieving one''s spiritual goals in whatever religion one believed in.
"Yoga DVD" search on January nine at amazon yielded 4,828 results.
Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago (Illinois) is teaching "Catholic Yoga" whose announcement says: "explore the multiple spiritual and physical benefits of yoga practice while explicitly integrating prayers and spiritual themes of our Catholic faith". (MORE)
Source: Times of India
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