Many
believe they can practice yoga postures, breathing, and
focusing techniques devoid of yoga's spirituality, not
realizing that yoga is an inherent part of Hindu philosophy
which teaches man and nature are one with divinity.
Today,
yoga is experiencing a worldwide renaissance and in America
has more than 70,000 yoga teachers working in 20,000 locations.
Although viewed primarily as fitness instructors, these
trainers are in reality the leading missionaries of eastern
religion in the west. The twenty-seven billion dollar
a year yoga industry is marketed to students, athletes,
businessmen, pregnant women and senior citizens promising
solutions for stress reduction, concentration problems,
and issues of self confidence.
Once
viewed by Christians as a pagan import from the East,
yoga has now become mainstream in the church through "Christ-centered
yoga classes" designed to help improve spirituality
and experience "the presence of God". But is
yoga's mysticism compatible with historic Christianity?
Video-journalist
Caryl Matrisciana, who was born and raised in India, returns
to her native land to search for truth among India's leading
experts and examines what Christian Yoga practitioners
in the West are saying about their Yoga participation.
With
critical discernment, this hard-hitting and informative
DVD explores the ramifications of dismissing yoga's core
spirituality, and blending Biblical terminology and precepts
with eastern meditative techniques and practices.
