Yoga

Well... this is different. It's a refreshing change from the Christian groups that condemn yoga (and anything remotely eastern). However, I'm not sure that using the term "yoga" is appropriate. Yoga translates (more or less) as "union", referring to unifiying body, mind, and breath. I know of no corresponding idea in Christianity (feel free to correct this if there is one). As for the objection that it is pervaded by Hindu ideas...well, the original yoga certainly was. But there are Buddhist yogas as well, and no one objects to their use of the term. Taiji is sometimes referred to as "Chinese yoga." But these Asian systems are complementary (most of the time), rather than at odds with one another. I would be curious to know if the "Christian Yoga" is incorporating Christian meditation, and readings of the Bible, as the physical exercises are only a very small portion of any yoga system (which makes the late Pope's comments rather amusing to me), or if it is simply a name for Christians getting together to do stretches.