The latest edition of Time Magazine (September 5, 2005) has a feature on the increasing use of yoga in Christian churches in the United States. Entitled “Stretching for Jesus” , the article follows the development of distinctly Christian adaptations of the Indian practice.
Inevitably there are yoga purists who see yoga as Hindu practice. And the Christians who see it as dabbling with ‘anti-Christian’ philosophy and religion. I’ve never tried yoga before. I don’t think I’d be limber enough.