This is a new one "Yoga means you are worshiping the devil"

Gisel2015 wrote: »

In before this thread is closed…

I learned about this believe a couple of years ago, and it came as a surprise to me too. I have done yoga on and off since my 20s in a very reflective way; I am now 75 years old.

I did some readings about this topic, and it seems that very religious (in this case catholic) people believe that the mind shouldn't ever be calm or free of other interference and it should be always "busy" and only open to the Christian though and god of worship. It seems that practicing yoga is like worshiping the devil and performing any of the yoga poses is allowing the “devil” to take hold of the spirit. I hope I described my interpretation of the readings correctly.

I talked about this concept with different people taking yoga classes with me now, and they all confirmed that they had read about that "ideology/believe." It was a surprised to me, because one of my previous yoga instructors was a very catholic and church going, lovely lady with central American roots. She never mentioned anything about it; however, she was not too keen on meditation either.

I love yoga, and the only thing that I consider “devilish” is some of the poses . The calming of the mind and thoughts is something beneficial to me. I used to be better at it, but I was also practicing meditation alone at night without outside interruptions. I don’t get the same results in a full class, but it is better than nothing.

Here are some links about the topic of this thread that some of you may find interesting.

https://www.the-saltoftheearth.com/the-danger-of-yoga
https://www.intellihub.com/vaticans-chief-exorcist-warns-that-practicing-yoga-is-satanic/
https://www.cai.org/testimonies/spiritual-deception-yoga
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/christians-get-into-a-devil-of-a-twist-over-yoga-1259655.html

Ryewhisky75 wrote: »

So, I recently told my Mom all the things I've been changing up in my life to get healthy. I have never had the best relationship with her, she is very one sided, her way or the highway type of person, very old school and judgmental. I'm the total opposite. I love everyone the same, open to hearing new things, and have the biggest heart (or so I've been told).

Anyways, I told her I started doing yoga a little. Good grief. You'd think I was literally going to some cultist group meetings and worshiping the devil. In her words "Christine! You have to stop doing yoga!!! That is the gateway to worshiping Satan!! I can't believe you are doing that! I raised you better than that!!!!!!!"

So, anyone up for some gateway exercise today? I'ma going to start calling it that bahahahaha

P.S. She is flying out to see me tomorrow. For the first time since I moved far away from her. It was a fun conversation when I told her last year I was moving to Vegas - Sin City! Wish me luck! She'll be here for 11 days, maybe I'll have some fun conversations to post