Holy Yoga: Exercise. for the Christian Body and Soul [With DVD]

by Brooke Boon

Book Overview

People often equate yoga with Eastern religion, but Brooke Boon sees it as an exercise style that Christians can use to generate patience, strength, and deeper worship. Author and yoga instructor Brooke Boon combines her passion for Christianity with her commitment to health to introduce yoga as a physical and spiritual discipline that strengthens the body and the soul. Clear explanations and photographs make yoga accessible for any reader, and Brooke...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446699152
• ISBN13: 9780446699150
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Faithwords
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great book and good DVD

I am very impressed with Brooke Boon's Holy Yoga. I appreciate the Christ-centered approach to yoga. The book is quite thorough, but easy enough for a beginner. The DVD is a little fast paced, and some of the shots are a zoomed too wide to get a good view. Despite that, a few sessions of practice and then it is smooth sailing. I have tried several other yoga methods, but they did not "stick" with me. I don't have a motivation problem with Brooke's program. I highly recommend it for beginners, especially Christians. I'm not advanced enough to judge how it stacks up for more advanced yoga practitioners. I give it 5 stars for the book/DVD being a program that I actually want to do and do do, daily. For a lazy slug like me that says something!

A marriage made in heaven

Holy Yoga authenticates and provides creditiblity to what I knew in my heart all along...that not only can Christianity and yoga coexist, but that they BELONG together. I can't imagine yoga without Christ at the center any longer! Brooke does an amazing job of addressing the objections with a bold and biblical "case" for the holiness of yoga. In addition, she provides outstanding instruction of this amazing physical worship experience in terms both non-yogis and yogis alike can understand. The DVD is just icing on the cake. I look forward to a time when Holy Yoga classes will be readily available everywhere! Holy Yoga: Exercise. for the Christian Body and Soul

In Gratitude!

Where do I begin? Holy Yoga is an answer to prayer. I was a "yogini" for many years and as a Chrisitian, I found traditional Yoga conflicted by beliefs. I loved the energy, stregnth and flexibility I gained from Yoga, but I in my heart I wanted to find a way to link my Christian values with the physical benefits of yoga. Holy Yoga does that seamlessly and beautifully. Brooke is one of the most loving and encouraging people I have known. I invite you to take this journey with all of us who have found this beautiful path.

One man's hamburger is another girls HOLY!

I have been a practitioner of yoga for over 10 years. Attending secular yoga was always a very compromising situation for myself as a Christian. I loved the physical aspects, hated the spiritual. God answered my prayers when I found Brooke Boon and this book Holy Yoga. Read this book! Put it into practice and decide for youself. Don't let anyones opinion keep you from the reality of God. Can you pray to God, worhsip God and be in His presence through such a thing as Yoga and be transformed in the process? My answer is an emphatic ABOSLUTELY!! This book has the ability to change the way you read, think, pray and live the word of God. Holy Yoga invites you to live out Mark 12:30 when Jesus calls us to "Love the Lord your God with all our heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. " Take God out of the box you have been keeping Him in! God doesn't work well when you put boundareis on Him. His love and grace is with you always.

Brooke Boon has taken back for the church what God originally intended for His people

Most Christians don't expect to hear these two words in the same breath - "Christian" and "yoga". What would it be like? Can there really be such a thing? And more importantly, should there be such a thing? Brooke Boon answers the skeptics and enthusiasts alike in this ground breaking book/dvd combo. Yoga is a practice that has endured the ages, and it can be practiced in several genres. But Brooke Boon has developed a new one. She calls Holy Yoga "body prayer". It was designed as a physical expression of worship through movement, prayer, breath work, and Scripture. But Christians, to whom Boon is obviously speaking, are usually uncomfortable incorporating their bodies with anything spiritual. After all, we are supposed to crucify our flesh, right? After making a compelling case for Holy Yoga and debunking the standard objections and fears with Scriptures and the quotes of numerous theologians, she explains the physical aspects and benefits of her practice. An integral part of which is Scriptural meditation. Just the word meditation conjures up images of eastern gurus and mantras for most of us. But scriptural meditation? It seems God had the idea of meditation in the first place, according to the Bible, and other religions have adopted the idea over the centuries. Unfortunately, according to Boone, the Church has fearfully thrown the meditation-baby out with the bath water. I was most intrigued by Boon's picture of Scriptural meditation. She explains clearly and simply how to do it. One benefit to this training is the ability to concentrate on the Lord when praying, rather than finding you've spent the last ten minutes of prayer thinking about what to have for dinner. Does mental self control have immeasurable spiritual benefits? And can a Christian's practice of yoga bring the body, mind, and spirit all closer to God? I tried it out for the first time, meditating on a verse I'd chosen, taking deep breaths as per Boon's instructions, and looking at the clock before closing my eyes. By the time I opened my eyes again, fifteen minutes had passed. A true feat for me, although it was effortless and enjoyable. I followed her instructions when my mind started to wander, and I was able to stay focused on Him. I found the verse on the tip of my tongue and in the forefront of my mind all day until I went to sleep that night. This could be a great part of daily devotions. Some Christians "tolerate" yoga if it is completely stripped of its spiritual aspects and only a physical exercise, called Hatha yoga. And Boon admits that this is better than practicing non-Christian yoga, as that can be an unacceptable and negative influence on her spirit, too. Holy Yoga is always practiced with Christian music, and it should be an uplifting, edifying experience. She offers only one caveat: "There may be some people who should not practice Holy Yoga. If they have recently been converted from a New Age orientation and are not secure believers, then Holy Yoga is pro