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Yoga: A Christian Perspective

Yoga: A Christian perspective Jayme Kendall, Kate Magro, and Todd Paul
January 26, 2002
The word, yoga, today has so many different and negative connotations and misuses associated with its usage. For North Americans the word is associated with New Age practices or possibly seen as the new trendy exercise. In the conservative Christian community, yoga is associated with paganism or evil practice. While in other Christian communities, the Universalist and Unitarian Churches, yoga is seen as a form of outreach to draw people into the Church. In India, yoga is considered a practice of the Hindu or Buddhist religions or as an exercise. In upper Asia, yoga is viewed as a practice associated with Zen Buddhists or a meditative life. In different parts of the world and to different communities the word yoga carries a different nuance, but there are a few commonalities in thoughts about yoga found among all these different groups. Yoga is universally connected to spirituality and to......


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