You really didn't answer my question, "Do you propose that we memorize over 100 yoga poses so we can avoid doing them?" I'm just wondering how one would even know if he/she is accidentally doing a yoga pose.
You mention cycling and running. If you are a runner, you know that it is good to warm up the body by doing lunges. The lunge is a yoga pose. Push-ups- that's another yoga pose called "Plank." Sitting cross-legged is a yoga pose. At Church camp, I notice most teens sit cross-legged in the circle around the fire. When there are over 100 yoga poses, how in the world are people supposed to avoid all these?
Running and cycling might be good from some people, but as a post-stroke patient who could not walk without aid of a walker, I have to say your suggestion just doesn't fit half the population. Many elderly people and disabled people can barely get out of bed let alone walk or run due to arthritis and other ailments. Chair yoga is about all they can do and that is even a "stretch" for many- no pun intended. Without yoga, I'd still be using a walker!
Yoga has been proven to be one of the most effective methods of improving balance after someone has had a stroke and chair yoga is especially helpful for those with disabilities such as soldiers who have returned from war who are paraplegic or missing limbs. This is why the Veteran's administration has started yoga programs for veterans.
All one has to do is look at the NIH website and read the medical abstracts of all the control studies and clinical results in regards to yoga as a medical tool- NOT as a spiritual practice.
You are quoting a swami guy which means you actually take his word for truth. This is a guy who is trying to sell himself to convince weak individuals that yoga is THE answer to "spirituality." I was taught not to listen to gurus. Not for one minute do I believe that Hinduism is more powerful than Christianity so what this guy says is insignificant to me. My focus is always only on Christ, and not some unknown guru guy.
I stand by my opinion that a person who is grounded in Christian Faith can practice stretching their body by bending forward, standing with their arms over their head, doing runners' stretches, sit cross-legged, squatting, etc... without any fear of the devil. One may call it "runner and gym stretches" instead of yoga- whatever. A body posture is a body posture whatever you want to call it.
We can agree to disagree.
God Bless! Christ has risen!
You mention cycling and running. If you are a runner, you know that it is good to warm up the body by doing lunges. The lunge is a yoga pose. Push-ups- that's another yoga pose called "Plank." Sitting cross-legged is a yoga pose. At Church camp, I notice most teens sit cross-legged in the circle around the fire. When there are over 100 yoga poses, how in the world are people supposed to avoid all these?
Running and cycling might be good from some people, but as a post-stroke patient who could not walk without aid of a walker, I have to say your suggestion just doesn't fit half the population. Many elderly people and disabled people can barely get out of bed let alone walk or run due to arthritis and other ailments. Chair yoga is about all they can do and that is even a "stretch" for many- no pun intended. Without yoga, I'd still be using a walker!
Yoga has been proven to be one of the most effective methods of improving balance after someone has had a stroke and chair yoga is especially helpful for those with disabilities such as soldiers who have returned from war who are paraplegic or missing limbs. This is why the Veteran's administration has started yoga programs for veterans.
All one has to do is look at the NIH website and read the medical abstracts of all the control studies and clinical results in regards to yoga as a medical tool- NOT as a spiritual practice.
You are quoting a swami guy which means you actually take his word for truth. This is a guy who is trying to sell himself to convince weak individuals that yoga is THE answer to "spirituality." I was taught not to listen to gurus. Not for one minute do I believe that Hinduism is more powerful than Christianity so what this guy says is insignificant to me. My focus is always only on Christ, and not some unknown guru guy.
I stand by my opinion that a person who is grounded in Christian Faith can practice stretching their body by bending forward, standing with their arms over their head, doing runners' stretches, sit cross-legged, squatting, etc... without any fear of the devil. One may call it "runner and gym stretches" instead of yoga- whatever. A body posture is a body posture whatever you want to call it.
We can agree to disagree.
God Bless! Christ has risen!
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