If You Exercise This Way, Beware... w/ Alex Frank

In this clip, Alex explains that movements and exercises by themselves aren't bad. But, yoga movements should be avoided because of their association with Hindu gods.

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[rosalindalozano]

I'm grateful you pushed until clarity was revealed. Now I want to know the back story of your guest.😊

[jenniferific]

Thanks for the clip! This really clarified things for me. I shied away from Yoga years ago after 2 things happened. 1 - the yoga class I went to at the local YMCA spontaneously had a class that was mostly chanting in some other language. Everyone proceeded as though this was as normal in a yoga class as stretching. I didn't go there for chanting. I never went back. 2 - I met a woman at a party who said she was a yogi. She said that in her yogi training they taught them that the physical practice cannot be separated from the spiritual practice of yoga. They both have to be part of it or you aren't doing yoga properly. That sealed it for me. I think I will try Pilates.

[aadamy]

For people who say “it’s just exercise”: As a former yogi, this is a very insulting and ignorant thing to say. It’s very similar in saying how capoeira is just exercise as well as most forms of martial arts.

[paullydca]

Well that was eye opening. I have often kind of wondered about yoga. I've done yoga before and did see great health benefits but stopped practicing a few years back. The spiritual side of it always has concerned me. This really clarified some of what I was sensing.

[magdaw]

@pintswithaquinas thank you for this yoga series with Alex. Very informative. I was wondering if it would be possible to add text on the screen when guests are using specific terms . The 2 Hour interview with Alex would be much helpful if i could do additional research on different "gods" . Then again thanks, Merry Christmas and all the best this new ad 2022!

[roseangela]

I learned years ago on Women of Grace on EWTN ...DO NOT DO YOGA.

[fonduelol]

I still have a really hard time seeing the problem with doing yoga. I have tried pilates and gotten nothing out of it, while yoga has helped me so much, purely from a physical standpoint, after my back and neck have been injured in multiple car accidents. You totally lost me in comparing it to the Catholic Mass, that doesn't make any sense to me at all. When I'm doing yoga, I'm sweating, struggling through the stretches, pushing myself to get through it, and days later my muscles are sore from the workout. For me, it is just exercise, one that stretches my back in ways that I desperately need.

[thomasdonlin]

Should Catholics avoid Pontius Pilates? 😬

[theodenkingofbrohan]

I find it interesting that the actual religious yogis, who make it clear they are worshiping, hate western commercial yoga as a bastardization of their faith and claim it can have dangerous repercussions if done by people who don't know what they are actually doing. Kinda lines up...

[ajmeier]

I think he simply means that actions can have consequences even if we don't intend those consequences.

As an example, I would point towards St. Paul's writings about receiving the Eucharist in an unworthy manner/state in 1 Corinthians. Receiving the Eucharist unworthily, even without us knowing, can have a detrimental effect on us. Because the Eucharist is our Lord and is not dependent on the receiving person's beliefs. Similar to the power in the Ark of the Covenant. If anyone that wasn't supposed to come into contact with it does, even if doing so unknowingly, could receive sickness or death.

In the same way, one participating in Yoga could potentially be opening oneself up to what Yoga actually is at it's core. And that is a spiritual exercise involving false gods. Even if we intend for them just to be exercises, they aren't. Very similar to using Ouija boards. Many kids play around with them not knowing what they actually are and they open themselves up to evil

[cozyhomemakingvibes]

totally...it's a gateway. it draws you in. the chakras etc...that snuck up on me. it was surprising. i didn't realize then my pastor (I was protestant at the time) warned me of its roots, and i realized how far into it i was.

[HerotPM]

He admitted this is a question for Theologians. As I recall from looking into this years ago, the Church and Theologians have spoken on this and said it's okay so long as it's done for exercise and for natural benefits and not pagan reasons. In fact, as I recall, eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox in regions where yoga is common actually have unculturated these practices into Catholic/Orthodox Christianity.

I don't do yoga and am not super interested in it, but these arguments from him seem weak. It seems to me more about that he used to be involved in pagan stuff and now he feels convicted about practicing some of these innocent aspects of his former life because it reminds him of the less innocent aspects of that former life.

[christinamorales]

I’m an ex kundalini yoga teacher and Christ delivered me.

[kfgabriele]

I understand that yoga may become a gateway drug, so to speak, for some. But, honestly, to assert every movement that may resemble yoga poses (one’s that you do to alleviate back pain or aid in relaxation) are a slippery slope to eternal damnation is a bit much. What next… should I run to my priest and beg forgiveness every time I bend at the waist, stretch my arms above my head, or (horror or horrors) reach down and touch my toes… on purpose? Sure, some people such as this guest may get themselves way deep into the mythology, philosophy, and religion, and we should be aware of and avoid these non-Catholic aspects. But, we must also diligently refrain from over the top fear mongering, too. Sometimes exercise really is just exercise. God bless!

[caroldonaldson]

Hindus always insist Yoga is at odds with Christianity - yoga means 'yoked' and we are yoking ourselves with the thousands of Hindu gods we invoke & worship when we adopt these poses - it means yoked folks - 'nuff said!!!

[christinamorales]

Yoga was a gateway to the new age for me.

[SirCharlesFinley]

If you’re a faithful Christian that prays, goes to church, participates in sacraments, etc I just don’t see how some yoga poses will do you any harm, as long as your intent is to improve your physical body. Am I supposed to believe that my prayer and faith in God won’t protect me demons while doing a specific calf stretch or a lunge?

[JA-regi]

I was a level 6 Yoga instructor, I would often astral project, summon, and would allow myself to be possessed by 12 elder demons. I'm so happy that by the grace of the Almighty God I was saved. My old Yoga studio has taken credit for causing the Lord's servant the Godly Republican Lauren Boebert to stray with a DEMOCRAT at the Buell theater in Denver, Colorado!

[grayman]

if it is just stretching ... why call it yoga ?

[umatveg]

The analogies are way off. Well, it's a pity they see it this way. This clip gave me a protestant vibe, like what they claim about what we catholics do with the statues of the saints. Surely it's just me