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- And now I'm going to have to irritate, I think, a not insignificant percentage of the audience when I point out that yoga is bad.
- In fact, a couple of minutes ago, when you said, speaking of people that insult their audience, I thought that's how you were introducing me because this insults my audience more than any other topic.
- And I have found that it is because, honestly, I'm just going to come right out and say it's because yoga is the practice that invokes the demons.
- So the yoga I always say is a, and I think I said this on your show, is that yoga is a spiritual practice with physical benefits.
- It is not a physical practice with spiritual benefits.
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Yoga is a spiritual practice with physical benefits not the reverse
Former yoga teacher Angela Ucci argues that yoga is fundamentally a spiritual practice rooted in Hindu theology with physical benefits, not a physical practice with spiritual benefits, citing the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' own description of yoga as a spiritual discipline.
"yoga is a spiritual practice with physical benefits. It is not a physical practice with spiritual benefits."
Shiva the Destroyer as the first yogi in Hindu tradition
Angela traces yoga's origins to the Hindu god Shiva, known as the Destroyer and considered the first yogi guru in ancient yogic lore, explaining how Shiva allegedly taught yoga to seven great sages to pass to all humanity.
"when you really go back into the roots of yoga, because it's so important to really understand these things as they originate, you come back to this God, this Hindu God known as Shiva. So Shiva is the first yogi guru in the ancient yogic lore."
Subjective intention does not negate objective spiritual reality
Angela and Michael Knowles argue that a person's subjective intention while doing yoga does not change the objective spiritual reality of the practice, drawing an analogy to how the sacraments work regardless of mental state.
"regardless of your subjective intent, there is always an objective reality to the things that you're participating in."
The kundalini spirit as a counterfeit Holy Spirit
Angela describes the kundalini energy in yoga as a coiled snake at the base of the spine that travels up through the chakra system via yoga poses, framing it as a counterfeit Holy Spirit that capitalizes on the human desire for supernatural experience.
"Stretching, by the way, I will just say as a sidebar, stretching and yoga are two different things. You can stretch, just do not stretch within the context of yoga."
