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God As Mother
I find myself thinking about God as Mother.
Course Review: Racial Justice and Yoga
Doreen reviews Joanne "Sujatha" Wohlmuth’s course Racial Justice and Yoga.
Gratitude, Grief, and Dry Eyes
Connie shares what she saw when imagining Jesus seeing her with a loving gaze the way she believed he looked at the woman at the well (John 4:1-42).
A Bibliography for Christians Practicing Yoga
Kevin complied this list below as a starting bibliography of everything needed to help you go deeper into yoga as Christian.
The Complicated History of International Yoga Day
Allyson reflects on her ambivalent feelings toward the infamous International Yoga Day.
The Intersections of Yoga and Christianity
Renee reflects on the many intersections of yoga and Christianity.
The Divine Feminine & Divine Flow
In this post, Amy explores what it means to adhere to the divine flow of the Divine feminine.
Course review: The Yoga Sutras Through the Lens of Christ
Molly shares her opportunity to take the online course “The Yoga Sutra Through the Lens of Christ” offered by Kelly McLellan, founder of Getting Still and creator of Getting Still Studies.
Yoga and Lent VIII: The Samadhi of Jesus
Fr. Clooney's Yoga and Lent series concludes with a Holy Saturday reflection on samadhi (a state of concentration) alongside Jesus' death and resurrection.
Yoga and Lent VII: The Contemplative Gaze
When Patanjali writes of “holding” and “meditating,” he turns out to be offering us a gift, first regarding the practice – we learn to be moral, detached, to sit, breath, let go, attend, hold our gaze, just there – and then regarding the inner states of contemplation to which we aspire as Christians.
Yoga and Lent VI: Sit, Breathe, Let Go
We might consider that an excellent Lenten practice, even for its last weeks, would be to sit, and breathe, and let that breathing dispel illusions about what and who we are.
Yoga and Lent V: Ten Lenten Commandments
Lent is in part about stepping away from ordinary concerns. Jesus said, “There is need of only one thing” (Luke 10.41), and these Lenten reflections are dedicated to that proposition.
Yoga and Lent IV: To See As Wisdom Sees
Fr. Clooney shares a discussion on the 8 limbs of yoga and how they may be incorporated into our Lenten observances.
Yoga and Lent III: Empty Wisdom
In comparing the words of the Apostle Paul and the Sutras, Fr. Clooney suggests "that we put aside the competitive angle in all this, and presuppose for now that Christ and yoga are not at odds. Yoga need not threaten or diminish what Christ does in us."
Yoga and Lent II: Sede Vacante
This section of the Sutras may beneficially remind us that that what may be required is a sober, steady gaze at the mass of afflictions that beset the Church today — the problem of our loud words and clumsy deeds, particularly at the top.