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coming late to the party...

but i will agree with one aspect of the pastor's tirade: yoga isn't Christianity, has no Christian roots. So when I read about "Christian yoga" and such, it confounds me. It makes me think that people with strong beliefs in their own god also appreciate what the entirety of yoga (other than just the exercise routine) does for one's own sense of spirituality, and then instead of accepting this, they usurp it of its roots and make it somehow conform to notions of traditional Christianity. I suppose at one point evergreen trees had nothing to do with celebrating Christmas, and the dates of celebration themselves were of pagan origin, so anything is possible...in a few decades, "Christian yoga" will be as Christian as Jesus the Christ himself! Heck, in India, if you say you're going to an ashram, people never know whether that means the traditional Hindu retreat and place of worship, or a new fangled Christian one, which looks and acts the same, but where the yogis chant the good names (oops, just one good name) of their god.