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say, one more thing i thought of... while i wouldn't go to a yoga center to practice yoga, if i was walking down the street... needed a used computer... saw a sign in the window of one of those centers that said 'good used computer, cheap for cash'...i'd probably go in to take a look at it... 
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oh, i don't think you did... i was just talking about the idea of going into a yoga center... i wouldn't go into one to practice yoga... i was just saying there were times when I might go into one for some other reason...
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The way yoga is practised in the west usually has nothing to do with the hindu and buddhist traditions it originally came from, especially ashtanga and power yoga. I do however mistrust kundalini, because its main purpose is to try achieve a spiritual experience. To me yoga is just a good work out, it helps me relax too. As long as the Holy Spirit is in us, there's nothing to worry about. Then yoga is just another way of treating our body as a temple, a place where God's Spirit may dwell. (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
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Yoga is not innocent nor is it harmless, it has very dangerous spiritual implications, whether one wants to accept it or not. It derives from esoteric beliefs and cannot be "washed out" by sprinkling christianity on it. I would really advise any born again christian to stay away from it unless you're interested in opening doors in your life that will take deliverance and repentance to close back again later on.
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I agree it's an excellent work out and a good way to maintain muscle tone and flexibility - I used the various Yoga "moves"' for years but have gotten slack with work out nowadays.
I can still do the Scorpion pretty easily:
I can still do the Scorpion pretty easily:
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I'm impressed. My lower back is relatively stiff, so I would never be able to perporm that asana. In my opinion yoga practise is less about 'what posture you can do' and more about series of asanas, and trying to integrate the whole concept of yoga into your life. One of the the basic rules of yoga practise is that we guard our boundaries, but at time same time (how fitting) try to stretch them. We shouldn't be looking at what others can (or can't) do, but what we ourselves may achieve.
Of course I didn't get "there" overnight.
The problem I see in the negative responses in this thread is trying to attach certain postures to worship of Hindu deities - that may be true for those that practice it with that intent.
I lived in India and Nepal for quite a while so I'm quite familiar with the idolatry and religious aspects of it especially in regards to the adepts.
A poor analogy could be made between "offerings" the Israelites made to God and those offered to idols - the intent is what matters. The food in itself is neutral.
I agree it's an excellent work out and a good way to maintain muscle tone and flexibility - I used the various Yoga "moves"' for years but have gotten slack with work out nowadays.
I can still do the Scorpion pretty easily:
I can still do the Scorpion pretty easily:
I'm impressed. My lower back is relatively stiff, so I would never be able to perporm that asana. In my opinion yoga practise is less about 'what posture you can do' and more about series of asanas, and trying to integrate the whole concept of yoga into your life. One of the the basic rules of yoga practise is that we guard our boundaries, but at time same time (how fitting) try to stretch them. We shouldn't be looking at what others can (or can't) do, but what we ourselves may achieve.
But that is not a 61 year old obviously.
