[Innockcroff]

Pakistani brothers I would like to know more about the Jogi Faqirs.

I know they are the descendants of reverts from a a hindu caste of Yogis who became Muslim.

I know they are associated to qawwali and similar...

Do they still do yoga?

Have they Islamicized their yoga?

The reason I ask is that a lot of people (Muslims) I know are have practised or interested in Hatha Yoga for health benefits, but this obviously has its bad side due to Hindu connotations and connection.

Do the Yogi Faqirs do yoga with the bad ideas and associations taken out?

Is it worth someone from the west coming to look at them or are they not worthy of interest?

[foI3fKWv]

Don't know about the sect and never heard of them to be honest, however I do know Muslims practicing yoga and the ones that do they just take the hindu aspects out of it if any.

Maulana Tariq Jameel also does yoga, didn't know this well until recently anyway and I'm sure he doesn't belong to the yogi faqeers

[lopaayd]

Assalamu Alaikum brother

Wow really, that is something very interesting about Maulana Tariq Jameel.

I know from experience that there are health benefits in yoga exercises, but I just find this Hindu link to it off putting.

I guess I'm just trying to find a version of it that has been 'thoroughly cleaned' if you know what I mean for the info

[himecthekWiff]

Waslam bro

Yeah you can find it If you look for it, look for the talk he did after he had a heart attack and in that he describes that he would do 30 mins yoga daily in the morning and then go for a long walk, he was healthy and the heart attack happened randomly and was from Allah despite being healthy and looking after himself.

Their are many versions of yoga and many levels to be honest and also I don't think it's necessary to travel to Asia to learn it.

Just pop down to your local gym or look up yoga practitioners in your area, then look up what styles they follow, if you find it's something you'r interested in then go and try it but just let the coach know that you don't want to do no Hindu/Buddhist moves if any, once you've learnt a bit you can always do it at home by yourself. Their are many people who do it at home and a lot are self taught, it's not like a combat sport where you need a partners it's just stretches and holds for a period of time, having a coach just assures one that they are correctly carrying out the moves and they set the pace of the class, so I guess that does help in a way.

[soineeLom]

Important to point out that modern yoga is said to have been invented in India in the nineteenth century, and people have argued that modern yoga is not really yoga but at best an anglophone yoga, compounded of the unlikely mix of British bodybuilding and physical culture, naturopathy and Swedish gymnastics. Ancient yoga is not what most people do in yoga classes today.