Friday, October 2, 2009

No More Yoga Sessions For Me

Recently, I received a forwarded email:

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Hi friends,
On Wednesday, I attended a talk by an ex-yoga teacher, Mdm Poh Shon Choy, who had sold her yoga center (earning lots of money giving yoga lessons) and severed all ties with yoga. She urges us to inform relatives, friends, family members, etc., not to get involved at all.
Many claimed that they only join to keep fit, only doing the exercise poses and not meditation.
Christians think it is OK so long they don't participate in the Meditation part. Mdm Choy explains that the central of Yoga (originated from Hinduism) is the spirit of Kundalini (spirit Of snake or cobra).
Yoga poses are actually animal poses (e.g. camel, rabbit,). All these look very normal and harmless, stretching and exercising.
But the danger is, once a person does such poses, the spirit of Kundalini (the snake is in a coiled position) is stimulated or aroused.
As the persons goes from basic to intermediate to advance stage of yoga lessons (still not meditation yet), the coiled "snake" will be aroused further. It will rise and rise further.
There are 7 centres in the human body -
Starting from the navel.The final centre is the part between the eye brows (known to many as the third eye). When the spirit is aroused to the final centre, the third eye will be opened.
This is called the full enlightenment.
The first thing the person sees is demons. For some, they will become insane seeing such horrifying demons.
For others, they are not afraid -And will have the power to fore-tell other people's health, problems, luck, etc (like a fortune teller).
In fact, they manipulate and control other people.
The meditation part will come in very subtle.
Mdm Choy said she was approached by a couple who found Her contact from the yellow pages and told her they wanted To teach her new things about yoga.
She was very keen and sat under their teaching. She learnt how to meditate and it must be done in odd hours of the day (past midnight).So she tried. She actually felt a wriggling feeling in her stomach! She also mentioned that her third eye was opened. She could see her own aura (electric fields in all human beings).
Her turning point came when God caused her spiritual eyes to open - she witnessed a lady being delivered, wriggling like a snake on the floor. Mdm Choy thanked God for being gracious to her, she took 1-2weeks to be delivered.
She knows of a lady who took 3 months to be cleansed!!
It is a sad thing, there is even yoga lessons For children.
In the States, a Methodist started the Christian yoga. However, there are some believers who still continue, saying that they find no harm after doing yoga for 3 years.
Mdm Choy says it is our soul that is in danger. The evil one will try all ways to ensnare/trap Christians.
Someone in the class raised a question - if we have The Holy Spirit, how can the spirit of kundalini be aroused?
Mdm Choy replied our God is a holy God, the Holy Spirit will be grieved and will depart. God cannot be mocked.
God's spirit left King Saul when he disobeyed God. To God, rebellion spirit is witchcraft.
We are not against yoga teachers, yoga students but we are fighting against powers, principalities in the spiritual realm.
Let's be on guard, be aware!
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I had attended Hatha yoga classes for a few months in 2007. When my free time of the following semester did not match with the lessons time, I stopped going to the centre and only practised some poses at home occasionally. Later, I bought a set of two VCDs on self-learning Yoga but hardly finished watching them even once.

Last year, I learned that Christians are not encouraged to practise yoga as it had originated from the Hinduism. Since then, I decided to obey God. The articles "Does Yoga Conflict With Christianity?", "Relaxation Or Occult?" and "Is Yoga Compatible With Evangelical Christianity?" sent by my cell group member further strengthened my mind not to resume any yoga lessons in future. And I finally threw the two VCDs into the dustbin last week when I was tidying the house.

If you wish health to your body and nourishment to your bones, fear the Lord and shun evil (Proverbs 3:7-8). This is a lifelong lesson that you can learn anytime, anywhere with Jesus Christ.

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