Christian Yoga Is Growing Fitness Craze
Christian Yoga Teacher
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
900 Stillwater Rd.
Mahtomedi, MN
651-429-7704
Cindy Senarighi has been taking yoga for many years and recently started leading Christian Yoga classes. She substitutes some of the Hindu ideas (like the Sun Salutation) with Christian ones (the Son Salutation, as in Son of God). She says Christian Yoga is a wonderful, mindful way of connecting with god. Her classes, held inside a church sanctuary, are packed.Professor Subhas Tiwari
Hindu University of America
Econlockhatchee Trail
Orlando, Fla.
407-275-0013
Professor Tiwari teaches yoga and philosophy at the Hindu University of America. He says yoga is Hinduism and that Christian Yoga is a type of religious schizophrenia. He says when people co-opt yoga and put new labels on this 5,000-year-old spiritual practice... it is insulting and ineffective.Russell Bush, PhD
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
100 North Wingate St.
Wake Forrest, NC
919-556-2225
bush@sebts.edu
Dr. Russell Bush is the academic vice president at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is critical of Christian Yoga because, he says, it combines two different beliefs -- Christianity and Hinduism. He says yoga is incompatible with Christianity and urges Christians to stay away from yoga.Janel Touissant
Does Christian Yoga
White Bear Lake, Minn.
Janel Touissant is a busy teacher, mother and wife who juggles work, family and a very hectic schedule. She often feels stressed out and says her Christian Yoga class is her savior. She looks forward to the class to connect with her Christian faith - while getting some exercise. She's tried regular Yoga classes but says they lack the spirituality she enjoys with her Christian yoga. She says it's one hour a week she can connect with God, Jesus and her faith.
Document: In 1989, then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document saying the practice of Eastern traditions like Yoga can "degenerate into a cult of the body." It warns Christians not to mistake yoga's "pleasing sensations" for "spiritual well-being." Here is the link to the document: http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/meditation.htm Susan Bordenkircher
Leader in Christian Yoga movement
251-621-6733
Susan Bordenkircher says Christian Yoga is taking off. She estimates that there are hundreds of Christian Yoga classes now across the country. She says a national association of Christian Yoga teachers is now forming. Its Web site is www.christianspracticingyoga.com.








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