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Are there yin postures to work the knees?

I didn't know that "ecumenical" meant within Chrisitianity. But what I meant by that was to be all-inclusive of all religions and belief systems. I have seens some of what you're saying about things that go on in class. For example, many times I've pushed myself so that I don't "look bad" or don't "...

Like Jesus, you are free to use the tools that seem to work for you, and not use those that don't. I just wanted to clarify that we see Jesus as God, The Son, fully God and fully man. Though He assumed a fleshly body, He was always in the person of The Son, one of the three persons of the Godhead. ...

I think because of the ethical basis it has: yoga asana are a place to practice your individual beliefs. Are you really non-violent? Maybe you don't hit dogs or spank your child, but the inner language you use regarding yourself or those around you might be very violent and cruel. Could you elabora...

I appreciate very much all the comments so far, and I have thoughtfully reflected on all of them. The way I see it now, I think might best be summed up the way I would do things if I owned a yoga studio, and of course this is based on my limited knowledge and thinking at this time, and I reserve the...

I'll see if I can find those videos. I certainly do want to have flexibilty and "openness" where I should, but I just don't understand how that works with the hips and joints in that area, and hopefully the videos will help. Just curious--are contortionists too flexible, and have they damaged their ...

I can understand the need for almost all the yoga postures and the muscles they work, but I don't understand what it means to "open" the hips and why this is a good thing. I saw a video demonstration of a man going into padmassana, and it looked kind of freaky to see the way he flattened his leg, an...

I think what's needed on the part of yoga teachers and schools is some kind of explaination--something in writing--a creed, guidelines, etc.--something that goes into detail about what yoga means to them, what they believe, what they wish to impart to the student, and what is "mandatory" vs "optiona...

Hatha Yoga employs much more than asanas. It includes cleansing the body to ensure it is healthy. This may include fasting, special diets, brushing your teeth and using enemas! Jesus famously did such practices. But are these other things taught at the yoga studio? I am not aware that Jesus ever ha...

Here's another example. I will refrain from naming any names, but I think he's fairly well known and respected, is a published author, and is associated with our yoga studio. He has something to do with training the teachers. I read in his book that yoga could be incororated into any religion, inclu...

Hatha Yoga, which is the main form of yoga practiced in the West today, can be used to help you in any religious endeavors. Is it likely that my yoga studio is teaching Hatha Yoga? Do you see anything wrong with someone using Hatha Yoga ONLY because he wants to get in shape or because someone told ...

Thank you Jessica and Bernie for your thoughful responses. I have some followup questions and comments about some of the things you've said, and I will make some separate posts about that. I'm striving for some clarity regarding this issue because I want to be able to explain yoga to fellow Catholic...

Yin classes are offered at our studio once a week, and today I finally tried it. I didn't know what to expect, just had an idea the postures would be held for a long time, and it ended up being longer than I expected sometimes, and sometimes it was quite intense. Also, I had the feeling that my legs...

A question I failed to ask in the original post--can the asanas be stripped out of yoga and whether or not we call that "yoga," is there anything wrong with that, and are there yoga studios that do just that, and teach it only as exercise and omit any Hindu or other cultural trappings? (And I'm not ...

I started practicing yoga 5 years ago, somehow fell away from it for a couple of years and in June renewed my practice, and have been going to classes faithfully and three or four times a week for four months. Today, I had my first yin class, which was very interesting. But my main question in this ...