Invocations of Jesus, images of the cross and biblical scripture are unlikely to be what we envision when we think of yoga.
Yoga is typically seen as either a Hindu practice or, more recently and popularly, “spiritual but not religious” or, even more commonly, a form of wellness or fitness.
As the author of “Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture” and a scholar of contemporary spirituality and the history of modern yoga, however, I can say that yoga is far more complex than common understandings imply.
Christian yoga, in fact, is now a growing part of the yoga industry. The question then becomes – is this real yoga?
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