Perspectives From our Writing Community
CPY holds a monthly gathering of writers —yoga teachers, clergy and others interesting in this intersection of yoga and Christianity.
In this blog, you’ll find a collection of musings and stories on a variety of topics, from issues of appropriation to the energy body to chanting. WIth more than 20 contributors, we strive to offer a variety of perspectives and wonderings.
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Our guest contributor, Jim Earles reflects on the third edition of Jesus Christ and Yoga written by Shyam Sundar Goswami.
This Christmas and Epiphany season, don’t worry about being in the perfect place, having the perfect gift or if the gathering is just right. Turn your back on all of it.
This story describes Connie’s personal journey as a meditator, a journey that has been inspired by wise and holy guides. Her most recent influence being centering prayer and Father Thomas Keating’s book Open Mind, Open Heart.
Have you ever wondered about the connection between our brains and our bodies? Barbara writes about neurobiology, grace, and compassion.
Enjoy this sampling of writing that came right out of one of our blog community meetings.
Enjoy this sampling of writing that came right out of one of our blog community meetings.
One day during a doctor’s visit, my physician listened to my woes about my anxiety and chronic pain. And as if he were at the end of his idea list (I had tried it all), he paused and said, “What about yoga?”
Kelly explores the connections between the concept of freedom found in The Yoga Sutras and The Bible.
Chakras are a hot button topic in many yoga communities, but sometimes they can feel a little too abstract and esoteric. Below is an introduction to the chakras to inform your yoga studies.
Because of all the commercial focus we give to Christmas, some people lose sight of the fact that Easter Sunday is the most important day in the Christian calendar.
Joanne Wohlmuth share resources for Black History Month.
Doreen and Jennifer chronicle their first meeting at CPY’s 8th biennial teacher’s retreat, held in 2016. By this time, the network of Christians who practiced and taught yoga had grown substantially, and the needs of this community were changing. We just didn’t know it yet.
I believe it is a rare privilege to experience spiritual friendship with people who hold different worldviews. This privilege demands we put the doctrine, dogma and creeds that hold together our own unique identity into its proper place. I don’t know how it would be possible to do this without yoga and meditation.
Epiphany – the familiar story of the wise men’s visit to the infant Jesus in Matthew 2:1-12 – is one of those. Matthew’s story of that visit is as interesting for what it doesn't say, as much as for what it does say.
The Advent season is full of rituals. The Advent wreath and lighting of candles. The Christmas tree. House lights and ornaments. Shopping for gifts. Sending Christmas cards. Singing carols. Making special cookies and breads.
Doreen reviews Joanne "Sujatha" Wohlmuth’s course Racial Justice and Yoga.
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).
Kevin complied this list below as a starting bibliography of everything needed to help you go deeper into yoga as Christian.
Allyson reflects on her ambivalent feelings toward the infamous International Yoga Day.
Renee reflects on the many intersections of yoga and Christianity.
In this post, Amy explores what it means to adhere to the divine flow of the Divine feminine.
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.
Fr. Clooney's Yoga and Lent series concludes with a Holy Saturday reflection on samadhi (a state of concentration) alongside Jesus' death and resurrection.
Allyson shares the titles for Father Tom's library.