“Can I Practice Yoga?"

That’s what every Christian wants to know. Father Ezra Sullivan, O.P., has extensively studied the issues of practicing yoga and addresses this question and more in an enlightening five-part series that explores yoga from a Catholic perspective.
What Is Yoga? A Catholic Perspective (Part I)

November 10, 2016

What Is Yoga? A Catholic Perspective (Part I)

November 10, 2016

Yoga is one of the most popular forms of exercise worldwide. It is also extremely controversial.

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Yoga is a controversial exercise
What Is Yoga? A Catholic Perspective (Part II)

November 9, 2016

What Is Yoga? A Catholic Perspective (Part II)

November 9, 2016

Consistent practice of yoga is correlated with a diminishment of Christian belief.

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Yoga leads to a diminishment of Christian belief.
Are Yoga Gods Divine Manifestations? A Catholic Perspective (Part III)

November 8, 2016

Are Yoga Gods Divine Manifestations? A Catholic Perspective (Part III)

November 8, 2016

We now seek to understand the claim that the gods do exist, but only as personifications of the divine, Supreme reality.

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Going deeper into the personifications of the Supreme reality
The Yoga Trajectory: From the Body to the Infinite (Part IV)

November 7, 2016

The Yoga Trajectory: From the Body to the Infinite (Part IV)

November 7, 2016

Once a person perfects her yoga practice, her individual self disappears

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Yoga destroys the individual self
Yoga and Religion (Part V)

November 6, 2016

Yoga and Religion (Part V)

November 6, 2016

There are reasons to hold that yoga is religious even though it may not be a religion.

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