February 14th, 2026
by Leah Farster
by Leah Farster
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I have struggled with Yoga. Yes I’ve done it and yes I liked it. But I would pray while doing it (to God through Jesus) and not do the obvious third eye stuff. I looked at it as exercise. The argument in the New Testament about whether or not to eat meat offered to idols is the same argument today. Can a Christian do yoga?
The word Yoga means “to yolk, join, unite.” At its core, yoga is about union—the integration of body, mind, and spirit into a centered, coherent whole. Union of the self with the divine or universal consciousness — the deepest aim in classical yoga. Learning from the natural world, the practice is to embody qualities those animals represented. (Romans 1:25 (KJV) “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”)
In an interview with Beckett Cook, Rae Darabont explained her experience with Yoga prior to salvation and the attempt of Christianity to Christianize a pagan practice today. She asked a riveting question, “The word Yoga from Sanskrit means that you are yoking together mind, body and spirit. So can you separate a physical act from the mind and spirit?” I say no and she as well. Physical acts, as we all know impact ginormously, the mind and spirit. She got into yoga, living in L.A. where yoga is HUGE, with the goal of staying in shape and helping her anxiety, which only got worse, pointing out that practitioners of “Kundalini yoga warn of insanity and mental breakdown if done.” Needless to say her anxiety got worse.
But I was thinking of this Christianizing yoga in comparison with Paul talking about eating food sacrificed to idols. Is it the same? Paul said someone could eat food sacrificed to idols, if it wasn’t convicting to them or a stumbling block to someone else. Can the same be said of yoga?
Well, let’s first understand the sacrificing of meet to idols. Why sacrificed meat ended up in the marketplace? Temple sacrifice wasn’t just a religious act; it was part of the economic system:
• Only a portion of the animal was burned for the god.
• Priests kept a portion as payment.
• The remaining meat was sold to butchers, who then sold it in the public marketplace (the macellum).
• This made sacrificial meat common, cheap, and widely available.
In a major Greco‑Roman city, avoiding idol‑sacrifice meat entirely was almost impossible unless you became vegetarian. But eating inside a temple or in a context that looked like worship was not permitted for believers. This is why Jewish communities often formed their own markets or relied on Jewish butchers.
So, if I can eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols, which is the case today with meat dedicated to Allah and shown on the package, can I do yoga and Christianize it? The answer goes back to Rae’s question, “Can you separate a physical act from the mind and spirit?”
Rae says, “…but for a Christian to say I'm going to take the spiritual practice of another religion and I'm going to make it
a Christian practice, maybe it's just me, but that kind of looks and feels like the same thing. It's post-modernist. It's like redefining terms and kind of negotiating something to fit to your own needs or your own self.” Taking a religion and twisting it to mean something it doesn’t mean. A serious religion, as Rae discovered, that opened her up to further trouble. For the whole goal of the practice is not physical but rather Union of the self with the divine or universal consciousness.
If you’re a Christian thinking about yoga, read what it’s really all about. Read the origins of it. Read what it is believed to do. Read about the deeper yoga practice of kundalini yoga and the spiritual fall out.
No, I don’t think the comparison can be made with eating meat sacrificed to idols as a believer who knows the idols are demonic in nature but gives no validly to the act. Practicing a religion, a spiritual exercise that is meant to yoke your body, mind and spirit together with divine or universal consciousness, is another thing entirely. I don’t see how you can Christianize that!
I gave it up some years ago, not really understanding what it was all about. I was doing it out of ignorance and believing the Christian lie that it was ok. Now I understand so much more and knowledge is key for the believer, for one of my favorite verses is “My people perish for a lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6
Thank you Becket cook for calling a spade a spade and enlightening believers to Truth!
Blessings
I have struggled with Yoga. Yes I’ve done it and yes I liked it. But I would pray while doing it (to God through Jesus) and not do the obvious third eye stuff. I looked at it as exercise. The argument in the New Testament about whether or not to eat meat offered to idols is the same argument today. Can a Christian do yoga?
The word Yoga means “to yolk, join, unite.” At its core, yoga is about union—the integration of body, mind, and spirit into a centered, coherent whole. Union of the self with the divine or universal consciousness — the deepest aim in classical yoga. Learning from the natural world, the practice is to embody qualities those animals represented. (Romans 1:25 (KJV) “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”)
In an interview with Beckett Cook, Rae Darabont explained her experience with Yoga prior to salvation and the attempt of Christianity to Christianize a pagan practice today. She asked a riveting question, “The word Yoga from Sanskrit means that you are yoking together mind, body and spirit. So can you separate a physical act from the mind and spirit?” I say no and she as well. Physical acts, as we all know impact ginormously, the mind and spirit. She got into yoga, living in L.A. where yoga is HUGE, with the goal of staying in shape and helping her anxiety, which only got worse, pointing out that practitioners of “Kundalini yoga warn of insanity and mental breakdown if done.” Needless to say her anxiety got worse.
But I was thinking of this Christianizing yoga in comparison with Paul talking about eating food sacrificed to idols. Is it the same? Paul said someone could eat food sacrificed to idols, if it wasn’t convicting to them or a stumbling block to someone else. Can the same be said of yoga?
Well, let’s first understand the sacrificing of meet to idols. Why sacrificed meat ended up in the marketplace? Temple sacrifice wasn’t just a religious act; it was part of the economic system:
• Only a portion of the animal was burned for the god.
• Priests kept a portion as payment.
• The remaining meat was sold to butchers, who then sold it in the public marketplace (the macellum).
• This made sacrificial meat common, cheap, and widely available.
In a major Greco‑Roman city, avoiding idol‑sacrifice meat entirely was almost impossible unless you became vegetarian. But eating inside a temple or in a context that looked like worship was not permitted for believers. This is why Jewish communities often formed their own markets or relied on Jewish butchers.
So, if I can eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols, which is the case today with meat dedicated to Allah and shown on the package, can I do yoga and Christianize it? The answer goes back to Rae’s question, “Can you separate a physical act from the mind and spirit?”
Rae says, “…but for a Christian to say I'm going to take the spiritual practice of another religion and I'm going to make it
a Christian practice, maybe it's just me, but that kind of looks and feels like the same thing. It's post-modernist. It's like redefining terms and kind of negotiating something to fit to your own needs or your own self.” Taking a religion and twisting it to mean something it doesn’t mean. A serious religion, as Rae discovered, that opened her up to further trouble. For the whole goal of the practice is not physical but rather Union of the self with the divine or universal consciousness.
If you’re a Christian thinking about yoga, read what it’s really all about. Read the origins of it. Read what it is believed to do. Read about the deeper yoga practice of kundalini yoga and the spiritual fall out.
No, I don’t think the comparison can be made with eating meat sacrificed to idols as a believer who knows the idols are demonic in nature but gives no validly to the act. Practicing a religion, a spiritual exercise that is meant to yoke your body, mind and spirit together with divine or universal consciousness, is another thing entirely. I don’t see how you can Christianize that!
I gave it up some years ago, not really understanding what it was all about. I was doing it out of ignorance and believing the Christian lie that it was ok. Now I understand so much more and knowledge is key for the believer, for one of my favorite verses is “My people perish for a lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6
Thank you Becket cook for calling a spade a spade and enlightening believers to Truth!
Blessings
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