Catholics and Yoga
The topic of yoga is always an inflammatory one in Catholic circles. People tend to get very defensive about their choice of exercise. An interesting article came to my attention over at Catholic Lane that I found very interesting. It backs up what I've always believed about yoga, and the proof comes not from Catholic academia (easily set aside by a Catholic who wants to rationalize his or her choices) but rather from the American Hindu Foundation. Take a look, and read more at the link. The appeal of the gentle movements and stretching of yoga really drew me in as I searched for the perfect exercise routine that would tend to my body but wouldn’t break me, and so I began researching it. I am a fairly grounded Christian but it was easy for me to see—rather quickly—that as a Catholic, yoga was a practice that I couldn’t or wouldn’t engage in. But a lot of Catholics do practice yoga. Each side—those Catholics who practice yoga and those who don’t—can make its case rather success...