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If the body is the 'temple of the holy spirit', and yoga helps the body, then it'd be a physical way to benefit the spiritual.
Beyond that, we don't need to give a rat's hiney what the naysayers say. They're usually the biggest slobs around anyway, with fatty dysfunctional brains.
My first wife practiced Hatha yoga which seemed to emphasize stretching exercises to extend flexibility and build strength while controlling respiration.
The group I grew up in thought it caused demons. The lady who taught the yoga class I went to had a wooden Jesus statue in the studio. I hate downward dog. It always makes me nauseous.
I need to modify my previous post that said conservatives are against a lot of things they don't understand. I misspoke. I didn't mean to lump all conservatives into that pot. I meant some. The people I know who are afraid of it are conservative, but I'm sure there are others who are fine with it.
Yoga is a spiritual tradition the purpose of which is liberation from suffering. What most in the West consider Yoga is isolated portions of the system - physical poses (Asana), breathwork (Pranayama) and concentration (Dharana) - and they can be practiced just for the secular benefits. The preceding and following limbs are hard to not consider spiritual.
Christians stay away from the practice of yoga because of the idolatry implication, and the attraction of demonic spirit who interfere with the exercise ............ So if atheist engage than they should not look to any god but their muscles ........... Where in transcendental meditation does have demonic spirit interfering and can be a harm to the organs, and they say 48% risk to health
Now, who might 'They' be? Anyone worth listening to?
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