Can I become a Catholic yoga teacher?

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I am a yoga practitioner. I first came to it as a way to aid in weight loss. As I furthered my studies, I find myself wanting to utilize my Catholic faith as the unity with my breath and movement. I feel a divine presence at times. I wish to share this beautiful feeling with my Catholic friends and neighbors. How can I do this?
 
Engaging in the physical postures and breathing techniques of yoga as a means of physical exercise and bodily health is one thing. But it is quite another to engage in non-Christian spirituality or to try to turn yoga into a quasi-Catholic spirituality. Your comment that “I feel a divine presence at times” during your yoga sessions is also troubling since it indicates involvement – whether deliberately or not – in non-Christian Eastern spiritual techniques.

Since you are tempted to attempt to “marry” yoga with your Catholic faith, I can only recommend that you set aside your interest in yoga and find other methods of physical exercise that do not involve non-Christian meditation or other dubious spiritual practices or techniques. And, to answer your question, I very much advise you not to attempt to lead other Catholics in yoga.
 
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