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Yoga Vespers Webinar Series: Traditional Christian Prayer in Body, Mind and Spirit
Please join Dana Moore and Katrina Woodworth for Yoga Vespers: Traditional Christian Prayer in Body, Mind and Spirit, a 3 part webinar series.
The Practice of Breathing through the Storms
Our friends at Yogadevotion offer this practice for weathering the storm while staying anchored.
There Go I: A Compassion Meditation
This a simple mantra is meant to interrupt habitual thought, with the hope of cultivating a more compassionate world.
Developing Your Personal Yoga Practice
Why not bring the end forward by working with the postures in an explicitly God-oriented way?
Reading Aloud as a Daily Practice
Dana Moore offers ways for fellow Christians to replace quiet, internal reading with reading aloud in a rhythmic way, like sacred chanting.
St. Patrick’s Breastplate, Yoga, and Armor
Embrace the power of your practice.
Checking in: Yoga and Lenten Practices During Times of Unknowns
This letter was intended to be a “Lenten Check-In” as a follow-up to my last post. But now it’s a check-in to see how you’re doing in all areas.
Encounter with God, as described by Jean Marie Déchanet
The following passages strike me as beautiful articulations of the pertinence of yoga to the Christian’s life of prayer. Before all else, this is an experiential discovery for Déchanet. He then goes on to connect his experience with the Christian contemplative or mystical tradition.
Learning from the Bhagavad Gita: One Mother's Experience
My resolve to worship a living God is renewed by an ancient text from another world, another lifetime. Should this even surprise us?
Christians Practicing Yoga through Thomas Merton
This is an introduction to Merton and his influence on Christians who practice yoga today. This post will be followed by three others that dive deeper into Merton’s impact on Christians practicing through mysticism, contemplative prayer, and interreligious dialogue.
Mindful Moments: Chocolate Practices for Ash Wednesday & Beyond
Even something as simple as chocolate can lead to a fruitful practice for Lent.
Praying with Beads for Lent: A Meditation for Ash Wednesday
The practice of pausing on each knot or bead during prayer helps us to center our hearts on God and to guard our minds against distraction. Here Kelly McLellan discusses the practice of praying with beads and leads us in a meditation for Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season.
Lenten Practice: Deep Listening and Scriptural Reflection
Inspired by Yoga Sutra 2.1, yoga in action is composed of austerity, self-study, and trustful surrender to the Lord, Doreen offers two practices for Lent.
The "Namaste" Conversation
In India, namaste is a greeting, a formal “Hello,” a beginning. Thus, many of South Asian origins feel a little out of sorts when yoga teachers end a yoga practice with a hello beginning. In light of this, Renee is rethinking her use of the word namaste.
World religions: Christian Approaches and Reflections
Christians would do well to examine their own preconceived attitudes to non-Christian religions, spiritualities, and philosophies. Such presuppositions inevitably influence how we interpret the evidence and claims for or against a Christian yoga practice.