Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Looking around for postpartum exercise options I came across the fascinating subculture of Praisemoves, "the Christian alternative to yoga."

Here's a bit of what founder Laurette Willis has to say about it:

"Those who think yoga is little more than a series of stress-relieving stretching exercises may be surprised to learn about true foundation of the multi-billion dollar yoga craze in North America. ... According to Webster's New World Dictionary, yoga (coming from an east Indian Sanskrit word which means "union with god" or "to yoke") is "a mystic and ascetic Hindu discipline for achieving union with the supreme spirit through meditation, prescribed postures, controlled breathing, etc." ... From experience I can say that yoga is a dangerous practice for the Christian and leads seekers away from God rather than to Him."

For real.