I am sure others struggle with this.. Thanks
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Isha Institute of Inner-sciences – USA https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/center/isha-institute-inner-sciences-usa
I saw many people giving testimonies of how their anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, and depression reversed after 6 months of doing a specific yoga practice that rewires you. It is called "Inner Engineering" and "Shambavi". My son's severe ADHD was greatly improved after 3 months. My family could hardly believe it.
Sadhguru began this organization in the US when he discovered how improperly yoga was being practiced here. The specifics matter, like the way the toes touch, the finger positions, eyes closed, not talking or being talked to during the practice, etc...because it is all about energy circuits being completed properly. Once you learn how to do it, you just practice at home by yourself...hopefully before any family gets out of bed. It is just stretches, holding poses against gravity, and breathing exercises. There are some "ohms", but that is science, too.. related to control of breath and reverberation of the vegas nerve.
We are Christians. This practice is a very specific practice, not religious. If it was about the Hindu belief, I wouldn't have participated.
This practice is like turning the satelite towards the signal, when it has been aimed the wrong way for years. Or, it is like straightening the 4 skewed tires of your car, when they have been pointing crazy directions for years. It feels like you took a shower on the inside of your body. It results is an alert responsiveness and helpfulness to those around you and an ability to stay present in your heart, rather than trapped in your thoughts of judgment, regret, fear, or in your compulsions.
My roommates when I was there were the head of Purdue's psychology department and a naturopath doctor. There was also a brain surgeon student at this weekend-long class. To me, these are just exercises that work, based on science. I personally have worked in physical therapy for years and have a few years of engineering school, too. So, I understood..for example... that the posture of putting my palms together with my thumbs in my solar plexus is a completed energy circuit, not a hindu way of praying.
Checked out the site. A warning appeared that everyone must wear an N95 and social distance. No thanks.
Yea. I have not been there in 7 years. I didn't know. Sorry.
YOGA is counter to Biblical teaching...If you aren't a Christion then have at it.
I am definitely a Christian, and I am a physical therapist. Yoga just seems like exercises to me, with a little more in-depth, knowledgable use of energy circuits. Our bodies rely on nerves and energy flow, of course.
I would never want anything to do with the hindu religion. There were hindus in attendenance, too, though. But, religion was avoided as we learned the postures and movements. If it wasn't, I would have left, for sure.
I appreciate your warning.
Lol, "God doesn't want you to stretch."