Yoga postures and stretching

[RobertAdams]

Lol! You might be on to something.

 

[Pug]

I love the artwork on that building. The tree in the upper foreground gives rise to the impression that it is merely a series of cloud, building, and tree driven shadows on the building, rather than a picture of a tiger.

Does is look as good in real life?

 

[Pug]

Three cheers for total dives!

 

[DeniseNY]

the mere mention of the word “Yoga” tends to bring a strong response nowadays.

It would be even worse if one is doing yoga while wearing leggings.

 

[LilyM]

Tis_Bearself:

the mere mention of the word “Yoga” tends to bring a strong response nowadays.

It would be even worse if one is doing yoga while wearing leggings.

Now.leggings really are an abomination unto the Lord!

 

[christofirst]

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[NevermoreLenore]

It would be even worse if one is doing yoga while wearing leggings.

Here comes the modesty police to lament women no longer wear dresses from neck to below the ankle!

Now.leggings really are an abomination unto the Lord!

I’m wearing leggings right this minute! but I always wear long shirts to cover the bunnies. Maybe I’ll go full heathen and do some stretching, too.

 

[Pug]

And it came to pass that the Israelites yearned for the flesh colored leggings of Egypt and murmured against the LORD…

(fleshpots)

 

[LilyM]

DeniseNY:

It would be even worse if one is doing yoga while wearing leggings.

Here comes the modesty police to lament women no longer wear dresses from neck to below the ankle!

Now.leggings really are an abomination unto the Lord!

I’m wearing leggings right this minute! but I always wear long shirts to cover the bunnies. Maybe I’ll go full heathen and do some stretching, too.

If the leggings are black, fully opaque and not paper-thin and skin-tight, then your invincible ignorance may excuse you … as for the stretching it is neither here nor there.

 

[NevermoreLenore]

Oh, you’re so gracious
Actually, I almost exclusively wear black (I’m very boring) and buy fewer clothes but of better quality, so no transparency in my house!

 

[puer.dei]

Many people can tell the difference between the purely physical use of yoga poses, and yoga as a religious practice.

 

[christofirst]

I hope if you’re referring to my contribution to this thread, you realize that I’m in no way demanding anything. I offered an alternative understanding, in particular, two priests who reached a different conclusion regarding yoga.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Many people can tell the difference between the purely physical use of yoga poses, and yoga as a religious practice.

And this includes the vast majority of exorcists, who don’t get excited when someone is stretching for exercise.

 

[Shakuhachi]

Because someone with a hammer tends to see everything as a nail.

They have a bias and an investment in seeing them.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I don’t think most diocesan exorcists have a bias or investment in seeing the demonic. Most of them have agreed to serve as exorcists at the request of their bishop, and often as an extra duty in addition to other priestly tasks. They’re not out to pursue a career as an exorcist specifically. We also don’t tend to hear much from them. They do their jobs quietly on an as-needed basis.

It’s the “celebrity exorcists” who are always writing books or giving speeches on exorcism and demonic possession, who tend to behave as you say. Some of them have made statements either with respect to exorcism or something else that also undermine their credibility in my opinion.

 

[Shakuhachi]

Thanks for the clarification. I agree with you. I actually talked with the one in our diocese and know him pretty well. I trust and respect his view on just about anything.

 

[frarmandofm]

Maybe they think the exorcists are merely making a “prudential judgment” about yoga…kinda like the way people characterize Pope Francis’s stand on the death penalty as merely a “prudential judgment” that good Catholics can disregard.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Way to mischaracterize everything posted in this thread.

 

[TheHolyTrinity]

It is sad to see that another thread question on yoga by a Catholic has been derailed yet again.

It disheartening read on a Catholic Forum that experienced priests in the field of spiritual warfare and exorcism; are publicly scorned in a way that is not in keeping with Catholic values of Charity and reverence priest who is following the teachings of Our Lord Jesus.

It is a priests calling to protect the faithful; to bring to the attention of the faithful of the dangers of the ever-growing new age and occult practices. Not just within a parish, town, city, country but worldwide. Some priests have the calling to such.

One of Father Amorth’s vocations was in journalism. He was a contributor to Famiglia Cristiana. and was a director of the Madre di Dio. Writing was a talent that he had. He made use of this gifting from God to educate, inform and warn the worldwide the Catholic faithful about the spiritual dangers in the secular world. As Catholics, if we don’t have outspoken priests who are willing inform and teach in this way. Their aim is for to to guide us hand keep our eyes towards God.

The Catholic Forums have users worldwide which makes the forum very dynamic. There are certain issues that the faithful find problematic or confusing. In some countries, cities or towns yoga classes can be devoid of any spiritual connotations and yet in other there may be a robust teaching of non-Catholic spirituality that could pose a issue for a Catholic. As one poster mentioned that yoga classes in America are generic and devoid of the spiritual aspect, this is not necessarily the case in our worldwide forum population.

I believe that Father Amorth spoke out at a time when the yoga rage was strong, through his work with spiritual warfare work he wanted to warn the Catholic family around the world the spiritual risks of Catholics who attended those robust yoga classes that the spiritual teachings and postures are not of God. He was concerned for the spiritual well being of Catholics.

Hence possibly why some parishes around the world developed Catholic Yoga in order to keep Catholic families around the world spiritually safe and provide a alternative to mistakenly or naively attending such classes.

Isaiah 45: 5-6

5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
besides me there is no god.
I arm you, though you do not know me,

6 so that they may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is no one besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

some parishes around the world developed Catholic Yoga

It appears that “Catholic Yoga” was actually developed by Fr Deschanet, OSB, in the 1950s.

As we discussed earlier in this thread.

I’m not really sure why some Catholics felt a need to re-invent the wheel, but whatever.