| Starting from the fact that God is one and the same in | | | | unfounded and superficial in argumentation. |
| the whole universe: the Architect, the Maker, the | | | | Hindus are out for personal fulfillment, wisdom, |
| Universal Source of all things, Christian yoga brings a | | | | knowledge and inner strength, but these goals do not |
| new approach to an ancient practice. Christian yoga is | | | | contradict Christian principles, on the contrary, they |
| about becoming healthy both physically and spiritually | | | | complete them. Any positive thing that generates good |
| by ensuring peace of mind and quieting the restless | | | | results is definitely compatible with the love and |
| part in each of us. According to the philosophy of this | | | | kindness Jesus Christ brought to the world. A |
| approach, the yogi is able to let behind the world's | | | | combination not of religious issues but of attitudes and |
| frequency and get tuned to the divine vibration of the | | | | spiritual patterns is the main achievement of Christian |
| universe. | | | | yoga. |
| Christian yoga began in US Alabama, and so far it has | | | | We should nevertheless mention the fact that there |
| reached thousands of people not only throughout the | | | | are many voices that speak against Christian yoga: |
| country but worldwide. The great appeal of this hybrid | | | | Christians should go to church and be with other |
| yoga type comes from the fact that yoga is no longer | | | | Christians! The main claim here is that one may have |
| seen just as the path that leads to personal spiritual | | | | the tendency of putting too much distance between |
| fulfillment as it covers the only way one can ensure | | | | Christian teachings and personal thinking, with the |
| long-lasting peace and serenity: the communion with | | | | emphasis and preference for the subjective attitude. |
| our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. | | | | Thus, critics of Christian yoga claim that the practitioner |
| Furthermore, one major element that makes Christian | | | | may forget the “ways” and get interested only |
| yoga so appealing to the westerner is compatibility. | | | | in the inner world. |
| There is a huge difference of practice and education | | | | Taking up Christian yoga classes is definitely a matter |
| between the eastern and the western world, and the | | | | of personal choice; after all, how many people have |
| Hindu yoga variant is not always suitable for the | | | | changed their religion after starting to practice yoga? |
| spiritual pattern of the western mind. For anyone who'd | | | | Christian yoga is more of a personal approach that |
| be inclined to see contradictions between yoga and | | | | does not have a clear-cut set of principles, the |
| Christianity, all we need to say is that they are | | | | important thing is that you work to combine the two. |