National Yoga Month

[Gregory Matthews]

Did you know, September is National Yoga Month?

September is also the national month for a number of other causes. How many can you name?

NOTE: Wikkepedia will not give you the correct answer.

[phkrause]

Not sure if this is a cause or not, but yesterday was "Grandparents Day.":)

[Gregory Matthews]

Someone sent me a list of more than a dozen days that were alleged to be national days in September. I was amazed. I checked it out. I found that were even more.

And, National Yoga Day? I would never have dreamed of such. It is true.

[Gregory Matthews]

I have lost track of the Wickipedia site that lists a dozen or so September days and events.

[phkrause]

Here's a list I got:

Life Insurance Awareness Month

National Chiari Malformation Awareness Month

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

National Guide Dog Month (2010 to present)

National Hispanic Heritage Month (U.S.; September 15 to October 15)

National Honey Month (U.S.)

Lymphoma Awareness Month

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

National Preparedness Month (U.S.)

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Leukemia Awareness Month

National Sickle Cell Awareness Month

National Yoga Month

[Gregory Matthews]

You found it.

However, that list is not complete.

Frankly, I doubt that any list is complete.

I never knew that there were so many, and for each month.

[Gerr]

My wife went to a yoga class some years back. It freaked her out when they started chanting some mantra which she found out later had something to do with one of the Hindu gods.

[Neil D]

My wife went to a yoga class some years back. It freaked her out when they started chanting some mantra which she found out later had something to do with one of the Hindu gods.

I hate when that happens....It's like you do some activity that you like, [say Judo] and you are all involved in it, [learning the throws, and some nice philosophys of how to avoid fighting], and then you learn about some minor related activity that is a big deal for you [bowing to each other and bowing to the picture of some dead guy whom you are required to pay homage to before you practice]...........

[olger]

My wife went to a yoga class some years back. It freaked her out when they started chanting some mantra which she found out later had something to do with one of the Hindu gods.

That is very very common in yoga, and a Christian should avoid it altogether.

g

[Tom Wetmore]

What if one does Yoga listening to soft hymn music and/or praying silently to Jesus?

[CoAspen]

...and some people do it strictly for the exersize/stretching...which is good for the body!!

[olger]

What if one does Yoga listening to soft hymn music and/or praying silently to Jesus?

Tom. What fellowship has light with darkness? You answer that, and I will answer your question.

G

[CoAspen]

Understand your comment, makes sense..but the question has been raised that yoga is 'wrong' for the christian. So....can someone enlighten us on why this form of exercise is bad for the body? If exercise is good for the body, than we have always said it also increases the helath of the mind.

Do christians go off the 'deep end' when they declare something 'wrong' because one can also take that 'something' in the wrong direction? I do remember a group of very pious individuals that carried the idea, guarding against all apparent/possible evil, to an extreme with out beneficial results.

Oh, wait, we already have a thread about doing just that!!!

[Gregory Matthews]

Quote:

My wife went to a yoga class some years back. It freaked her out when they started chanting some mantra which she found out later had something to do with one of the Hindu gods.

1) In the Hindu religion it is not of primary importance what you believe. It is of primary importance what you do. So, chanting the mantra is worship, regardless of beleif.

2) Most Yoga that claims to be exercise rather than religion has enbeded in it classic aspects of Hindu worship.

3) It should be noted that Yoga is a sect of the Hindu religion, just as Methodists are a sect of Protestantism.

[Tom Wetmore]

Originally Posted By: Tom Wetmore

What if one does Yoga listening to soft hymn music and/or praying silently to Jesus?

Tom. What fellowship has light with darkness? You answer that, and I will answer your question.

G

A tiny light can remove the darkness of a cave. A tiny dark in the daylight cannot remove the light.

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."

-- Helen Keller

Can a totally blind person tell the difference? Would the totally blind person more easily stumble in the light or the dark?

"Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness."

--Mother Teresa

Is the light brighter than Yoga?

OK. I have answered your question. Now you can answer mine.

[phkrause]

Excellent quotes Tom, from very Christ like people.

[Ted Oplinger]

It would seem that yoga would fall into the area occupied by foods dedicated to idols. Was this practice part of pagan worship? Without a doubt.

But Paul counseled this: if one knew the pagan gods were not gods, and relegated such dedication as nonsense, food was food to them. They were to eat freely with no worries.

However, if they were in the presence of one weak in the faith, who had not yet made that strong connection - then they were to refrain from eating, so that they would not cause their weaker brother to fall - up to the point of not allowing the weaker's weakness to dictate to the conscious (aka, the weak in faith were expected to learn better through the strength of the stronger at some point in the game).

Likewise yoga. Is it part of pagan worship? Without a doubt. Can the exercise and meditation techniques be taken out of the pagan context, and put into a Christian one? In the eyes of some, yes.

Is there any danger in meditation centered on God, versus that centered on one's self-centered focal point? That would be the discussion point.

To the weaker one looking on, could they tell the difference without inquiring? Probably not.

[Planey]

[Tom Wetmore]

Yes,

[Gregory Matthews]

ddgrimm60 asked when I was going to share with you:

http://www.colorado.feb.gov/index.php?content=10&page=Announcements

My comment was based upon the above announcement from a Federal Agency. You can access it as above. I consider it to be incomplete, but interesting.

[phkrause]