Welcome to my Blog
Deep calls to deep… Get comfy and settle in as I share my thoughts and latest musings about being a seeker of Truth and a curious observer as a follower of Christ. I write about practicing yoga from a Christian perspective, which includes topics like breathwork, meditation, and prayers to boost both physical and spiritual health.
What is Yoga: Physical Fitness or Spiritual Discipline?
What is yoga? What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of yoga? Most likely you imagined a gymnast performing pretzel-like postures on a mat. You may even have thought that you can’t “do” yoga or that you aren’t “good” at yoga because you aren’t flexible enough to enjoy the practice. What if I told you that yoga is meant to be a spiritual discipline, not merely a form of physical exercise? It’s true! When we approach yoga as just another form of physical [...]
What are Chakras Used For? A Journey Through the Chakras with Christ
What are Chakras Used For? A Journey Through the Chakras With Christ and the Healing Power of God Want to learn more about Christianity and chakras? Get your FREE Jesus and chakras tool-kit sent straight to your inbox. Sign up here. In this post, we will briefly address the controversy around Christianity, energy, and the chakras. Next, we will learn the basics about the chakras found in the seven chakra system. Finally, we will explore how we might invite the healing energy and presence of God to balance these [...]
The Habit of Giving Thanks: Cultivating a Grateful Heart
Thanksgiving is more than a holiday that happens one day a year. Did you know that thanksgiving can be a habit and gratitude can be practiced as a spiritual discipline? In the Christian tradition, disciplines are practices found in Scripture that are used to promote spiritual growth and formation. Some disciplines are well-known, such as fasting, prayer, and the study of Scripture. While other disciplines are less obvious, like the discipline of surrender, the discipline of listening, the discipline of denying self, the discipline of waiting. And then there is [...]
The Yamas and Niyamas: How Yoga Helped Me to Follow Jesus
Though I am a lover of Jesus, I have been hesitant at times to use the term "Christian" to describe myself… The phrase 'follower of Christ' feels more descriptive of my heart for discipleship. A heart that desires to move my faith beyond shallow belief, and mere head knowledge of God, to actually living a certain “way”. The practice of yoga teaches a way of life and the ethics of yoga have been instrumental in my spiritual formation as a follower of Christ. Christianity and Yoga: Beyond the controversy [...]
Energy, Chakras and Christianity: What Does the Bible Say?
Energy, Chakras and Christianity: What Does the Bible Say? As a yoga teacher who is also a follower of Christ, I often find myself wading into unknown territory. While preparing for my next online Christian Yoga Studies course, Energy and chakras: a Biblical perspective, I found very little research. Instead, I found a whole lot of questions… Are chakras in the Bible? What does the Bible say about chakras? Is there a relationship between the Holy Spirit and chakras? What religion are chakras? In this post, learn the basics of [...]
The Truth About Chakras and Christianity: Separating the Baby from the Bathwater
The Truth About Chakras and Christianity: Separating the Baby From the Bathwater Want to learn more about Christianity and Chakras? Get your FREE Jesus and chakras tool-kit sent straight to your inbox. Sign up here. What is the truth about chakras and Christianity? Why is there so much controversy around chakras and the Bible? Recently, while preparing to teach my next online Christian Yoga Study for Getting Still, I ran into a little predicament. When trying to study energy and the chakras from a Biblical perspective, I found very little research on [...]
