Why Christians Shouldn’t do Yoga

The disturbing origins of yoga and how it’s connected to devil worship

The word yoga in the eastern ancient language of Sanskrit means to ‘yoke’, to be ‘in union with’ or ‘tied together’ with Brahman who is the Hindu creation god. Yoga was taught in ancient Hindu texts (the vedas), which talks about being “yoked with the universal consciousness” and the “merging one’s soul with the divine.” When practicing yoga you bind yourself to Hindu deity. The poses and sequences are used to worship specific Hindu gods such as Shakti, Shiva, Ganesha, the moon and the sun. Bebederos is Hindi demon who acted out a murder in response to a command by Shiva, and the Warrior poses 1,2 and 3 is the re-enactment of that particular murder scene.

“To a Hindu, YOGA is the outward physical expression of a deep spiritual belief. You cannot separate one from the other.” — George P. Alexander, Ph.D via Yoga poses are offerings to Hindu gods?

I came across a quote by the Vatican’s former exorcist Gabriele Amoth which compared yoga to devil worship and he referred to it as ‘evil.’

I was then led to the ‘Joy of Satan Ministries’, which is dedicated to spiritual Satanism. On the website you can learn about yoga in depth and how the purpose of yoga is “to raise the witchpower and amplify the powers of the soul.”

Anton Levay, the founder of the Church of Satan once said “New Agers have freely drawn all manner of satanic material adapting it to their own hypocritical purposes. But in truth, all ‘New Age’ labelling is trying to play the devils game without using his infernal name.”

If Satanists are doing yoga in order to ‘raise their witchpower’ then what consequences does that have on a Christian who doesn’t understand what the asanas (poses) mean? What does that also mean for our children who are doing yoga in schools, whose minds are most vulnerable to spiritual influence?

A good resource for more information is ‘Seven Reasons Why I No Longer Practice Yoga’ written by former yoga instructor Mike Shreve. I also recommend watching Everett Roeth’s testimony on yoga here — another ex-yoga instructor.