Na roto i te mana o nga rangatira rongonui me nga mahi pāpori, Kua uru ano a Yoga ki te ao Hauauru. I tuhituhi ano ahau ki roto, no te mea i roto i te waru tekau yoga he hype hoki. He maha nga tangata i whakaaro he pai te yoga mo o raatau hauora (tinana me te hinengaro) me te haere ki Inia ki te ako me te mahi yoga. Tēnei rā, he maha nga tangata e mahi ana i te yoga mo nga take rereke, rite whakangā, te ahotea me te awangawanga, te whakaora wera, pouri, korikori tinana, mate taimaha, etc. E ai ki te CDC (Hune 2024), āhua 55,78 miriona iwi i roto i te United States mahi yoga i roto i 2022. Kia aroha mai, he maha nga tangata kaore i te mohio he aha te yoga me te kuare mo te takenga mai o te yoga. Kaore ratou e whakaaro he kino te yoga, he mahi atua ranei, engari he haumaru, kinokore, me te whai hua mo te hauora hinengaro me te tinana. Me mahi nga Karaitiana i te yoga, i te yoga Karaitiana ranei e ai ki te Paipera, he hara ranei te yoga? He aha te kino wairua o te yoga kaore i te mohio te nuinga?
He aha te tikanga o te kupu yoga?
Ko te kupu 'yoga' i ahu mai i te kupu Sanskrit 'Yuj', ko te tikanga: 'ioka', ki (re)whakakotahi, ki te hono.
He aha te yoga?
Ko te yoga he punaha o te tuunga tinana, tikanga manawa, me te whakaaroaro mo te whai mana tinana me te hinengaro me te oranga. Ko te kaupapa matua o te yoga ko te whakakotahi i te wairua (wairua) me te tinana, me te whakakore i a koe ano.
Ka korero nga tohunga yoga me te yoga mo te wairua me te hono o te wairua ki te tinana. Engari ko te pono ko, i te mea kaore he tangata whanau ano i roto ia Ihu Karaiti kua mate tonu te wairua. He wairua, he tinana to te tangata.
Heoi ano, he mana nui to te wairua. I te wa e mahi ana tetahi i te yoga, ka puta te mana i roto i te wairua. Ka whakaaro nga tangata he mana wairua, I a koe i te mea pono, he mana wairua.
I roto i te hapori hou, Ko te yoga ka kiia he punaha o te tuunga tinana (mahi whakangungu), tikanga manawa, me te whakaaroaro, ki te whiwhi me te whakapai ake i te hauora tinana me te hinengaro me te whakangā. Kaore nga tangata e whakaaro ki te yoga hei waahanga o te haahi o te Rawhiti, o te tikanga whakaaro mohio ranei.
Ka nui noa atu tākuta a hinengaro hinengaro tuku nga turoro ki nga waahi yoga. Kaore ratou e kite i te kino o te yoga, engari ka whakaarohia e ratou te yoga he rongoa hei whakapai ake i te hauora hinengaro me te tinana. Heoi ano, no te mea kare ratou e mohio ki te ao wairua, kare ratou i te mohio ki te kino wairua o te yoga. Kaore ratou e mohio, e kore rawa e ora o ratou turoro engari ka tuwhera i a ratou ano ki nga kino o te yoga.
Mena i mohio noa ratou ki te pono mo te yoga me ona pakiaka wairua me te kino o te yoga, ka mutu tonu te tuku korero mo o ratou turoro ki nga whare yoga.
He aha nga momo yoga?
He maha nga momo yoga, rite yoga puāwaitanga, hatha yoga, Laya yoga, Yoga matauranga, bhakti yoga, Bikram yoga, Sivananda yoga, karma yoga, viniyoga, Ashtanga yoga, kundalini yoga, yoga wera, yoga whakaora, Jivamukti yoga, yoga tantric, Kripalu yoga, Ananda yoga, yoga ngakau, Anusara yoga, nga kino o te yoga, yoga lotus ma, yoga moemoea, yoga kata, yoga tino, yoga anti-gravity, Iyengar yoga, yoga tahanga, yoga gymnosophy, yoga mana, svaroopa yoga, te yoga, zen yoga, etc.
He aha te takenga mai o te yoga?
Ko te Yoga ona pakiaka i roto i te Hindu. I ahu mai te yoga mai i te Hinduism, he wahanga tonu no Hinduism. Ko nga turanga tinana (i ahu mai ranei) he karakia ki nga atua. He maha nga atua o te Hindu. Ko nga mahi katoa e karakia ana ki te atua Hindu. Tata ki nga huihuinga yoga katoa ka tiimata ma te karakia ki te atua ra a Surya.
Ka rite ki te Karaitiana, e mohio ana koe, kotahi tonu te Atua; Te Kaihanga o te Rangi me te Whenua.
Te parau ra te Bibilia e e tia ia outou ia haamori Ia ’na ana‘e eiaha râ te tahi atu atua. No te mea ehara era atu atua i te atua.
Kei muri i nga atua Hindu ko nga rewera.
I a koe e mahi ana i te yoga, koropiko koe i te rewera, ka hono koe ki tenei rewera.
Ka koropiko koe ki te rewera (rēwera, wairua kino), hoatu e koe te rewera te uru ki to oranga. No te mea e koropiko ana koe ki te rewera, ka piko iho ki a ia. Ma te karakia me te koropiko ki a ia, e whakaae ana koe he atua te rewera (hei ariki), me te hono atu ki a ia.
Mai i te yoga i ahu mai i te Hinduism me te yoga poses (mahi yoga) i ahu mai i te hongere me nga wairua, e kore e taea e koe te wehe i te yoga mai i te Hindu.
Kaore e taea e koe te wehe i te yoga mai i te karakia o te Hindu me ona pakiaka wairua, ahakoa nga korero a te tangata. He maha nga iwi e kii ana, kei te totoro noa te yoga. Engari ko te pono ko, e kore ko te yoga totoro noa. Ko te yoga ehara i te mahi tinana noa e kiia ana he painga mo to tinana, area te yoga ra, e tuhaa ïa no te haapaoraa etene e no roto mai to ’na tumu i te pae varua i roto i te peu tahutahu.
Ka taea e koe te wehe i te yoga mai i te Hindu me nga mahi tinana o te yoga mai i nga pakiaka wairua?
Kaore e taea e koe te wehe i te yoga mai i te Hindu me nga mahi tinana o te yoga mai i ona pakiaka wairua, no te mea ko te yoga ona pakiaka i roto i te Hindu. Kaore he aha mena ka hoatu e te tangata etahi atu tohu. Ko te pono ko te yoga ka noho tonu hei karakia ki nga atua Hindu rereke na roto i nga taonga karakia (yoga tū, mahi whakangungu). I tuhia ranei i te papakupu Merriam-Webster, Ko te yoga he kaupapa whakaaro a Hindu e whakaako ana i te aukati i nga mahi katoa o te tinana, hinengaro, a ka, na te 'whaiaro’ ka taea e ia te mohio ki tona rereketanga mai i a raatau me te whiwhi whakaoranga.
Kaore e taea e koe te wehe i nga mahi tinana (mahi totoro) mai i te wairua i roto i te yoga.
Ahakoa he maha nga momo yoga me nga hua o te yoga, rātau katoa i ahu mai i te Hindu me ona pakiaka wairua i roto i te mahi atua.
He aha nga chakras e whitu o te yoga?
I a koe e mahi ana i te yoga, he maha nga taumata ka taea e koe te eke. Kei reira 7 taumata katoa. Ka kiia enei taumata he chakras. I nga wa katoa ka mahi koe me te whakahaere i etahi waahanga o te yoga tinana (mahi whakangungu) me nga tikanga manawa, iriti koe i te chakra.
Hei tauira, timata koe ki tou kopu. I a koe e whakangungu manawa ana me te mahi i etahi tuunga tinana, iriti koe i te chakra tuatahi.
Ka iriti koe i te chakra tuatahi, ka wheako koe i etahi momo kaha tinana. I muri i to wetewete i te chakra tuatahi, ka haere tonu koe me te chakra tuarua, na te toru o nga chakra, te tuawha chakra, etc.. Ka haere tonu koe kia wetekina e koe nga chakras e whitu.
Ko te chakra whakamutunga ko te chakra karauna; to upoko, e whakahaere ana i to arero. Ina whakatuwherahia e koe te chakra tuawhitu, ka taea e koe te korero i roto i te ao wairua me te korero ki etahi atu reo.
Ko tenei mahi tinihanga o te korero i nga reo ke na te rewera, ehara i te Atua. Ko te rewera te kape tonu i te Atua, no te mea te hinaaro nei te diabolo ia riro mai te Atua te huru. Area teie parauraa na roto i te mau reo ěê, ua haavîhia ïa e te mau mana demoni, e whakamahi nei i to arero ki te korero.
Ina whakatuwherahia e koe nga mea katoa 7 chakras o to tinana, kua tino takoto kau koe. I tenei wa, e whakaaro ana koe kei te whakahaere koe i to tinana me to hinengaro. Heoi ano, ko te pono, na te whakatuwhera i te chakra whakamutunga, kua hoatu e koe tou wairua me to tinana ki te rewera. Kua hoatu e koe tou ora ki te rewera (Te Atua o tenei Ao) me ana rewera.
Ko nga mea me mohio koe i mua i to uru ki te ao wairua
He tino kino ka uru koe ki te ao wairua mai i to wairua (kikokiko) i to mana ake. No te mea kare koe e whai mana i roto i te ao wairua. Ka uru koe ki te ture, no reira karekau he whakamarumaru.
Ka uru koe ki te ao wairua mai i to wairua, ka neke koe ki roto i nga mahi makutu ka whakatuwhera koe ki nga wairua kino (Kaiani) e tomo ana ki te patu i a koutou i roto i te kikokiko; To wairua, me to tinana. (Panuitia hoki: He aha nga huarahi e rua hei whakauru i te ao wairua?).
Ka tupu tonu tenei, engari kaore e tika. I roto i nga take maha, ka roa te wa, i mua i enei wairua kino ka puta mai i roto i to oranga.
Ko te nui ake o to whakatuwhera i a koe ma nga tikanga taiao (mahi manawa, whakaaroaro, yoga mahi tinana, etc.) ki te ao wairua me enei wairua kino, ka kino rawa atu nga whakaeke.
I a koe e mahi ana i te yoga, ka uru koe ki te ao wairua i runga i to mana ake. Ataahua, depending on the exercises and the level you are operating in, you open yourself to evil spirits that enter your life and take you captive.
He aha te kino o te yoga?
The danger of yoga is, that by practicing breathing exercises (breathing through the belly), physical postures (mahi whakangungu), me te whakaaroaro, you invite the Hindu gods that are in reality demons (Nga wairua kino) ki to oranga. You will bow down to demons and worship them and identify and devote yourself to them.
The danger of yoga is, that when you unlock the seventh chakra, you will be taken captive by demons, ahakoa e hiahia ana koe ki te kore ranei. You have invited these demons yourself and have given them access to your life and they accepted your invitation. Now that they have entered your life, they will take over and control your life.
Maybe you don’t like this truth about the hidden spiritual danger of yoga and say, “But I didn’t know that” or “I didn’t want that”. Āta noho, te pouri, the devil and his demons don’t care whether you knew this or not or what your intentions were or still are.
The fact is that you worshipped devils freely, by bowing down to them. Ko koe tetahi, who gave them access to your life. Through your ignorance and lack of knowledge, they have taken possession of your mind (wairua) me to tinana. (Panuitia hoki: Ka taea e koe te wehe i te wairua me nga tikanga me nga tikanga o te Rawhiti?).
Should Christians practice yoga or is yoga a sin?
Christians should not practice yoga and engage with pagan worship and move into the occult, because idolatry is a sin. He tino marama te Atua i roto i tana kupu! In both the Old Testament and the New Testament God warned His children to abstain from idolatry and witchcraft and any other pagan religion with its doctrine and worship rituals.
Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, kei roto ranei i te whenua i raro, kei roto ranei i te wai i raro i te whenua. Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, kaua hoki e mahi ki a ratou, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God(Exodus 20:4-5)
Ka mea te Atua, that through te kore matauranga, His people are destroyed. This is absolutely true! When God said that you shouldn’t bow down to other gods and worship them, nor become a partaker of pagan religions or philosophies of the Gentiles, you should listen to God. You should obey His Word (te Paipera), instead of disobeying and rejecting the truth and instruction of His Word.
It’s already bad enough that unbelievers that don’t know God and live separated from Him, are misled by all these lies to practice yoga for health benefits, relaxation, hau, and anxiety relief, te kitea i te rangimarie o roto, improving posture, improving breathing, muscle flexibility, mate taimaha, etc.
But they are carnal and live in darkness. No reira, they can’t discern the spirits and see the spiritual danger of yoga.
Engari ko te meka, that Christians also believe these lies and don’t discern the spirits and don’t see the spiritual danger of yoga, but succumb to this yoga trend and practice yoga and worship through their exercises pagan deities is unbelievable!
The reason why many Christians don’t see the danger of yoga and succumb to yoga, thinking it’s alright to practice yoga, is because they they are not truly born again. They confess Jesus as their Lord, but they don’t know Him at all. They don’t know the true Word, Jesus Christ the Son of the living God. (Panuitia hoki: He tinihanga tinihanga a Ihu e whakaputa ana i nga Karaitiana tinihanga).
How can you confess Jesus Christ with your mouth and at the same time participate in Hinduism by practicing yoga? How can you confess Jesus Christ, while bowing down before Hindu gods (Kaiani) and worship pagan deities (whakapakoko)? E kore e taea!
If you’re born again and your spirit is raised from the dead, how can’t you see the spiritual danger of yoga?
What are the lies that Christians use to justify and Christianize yoga?
A lot of people, e kii ana he Karaitiana ratou, don’t see the spiritual danger of yoga but practice yoga. These name Christians consider yoga as harmless physical exercises that benefit your health and flexibility. They are worldly and have a carnal mind and try to justify yoga by Christianizing ioka.
These name Christians say, that during yoga they worship Jesus (te tama) instead of the sun. They use their yoga time for meditation on Bible verses. Ka mea ratou, that trough their physical movements they connect with God. Through yoga exercises, tikanga manawa, me te whakaaroaro, they pray to Jesus and worship Him. What nonsense!
It’s the same nonsense as when a group of young people goes to clubs every weekend, dancing and drinking alcohol, e kii ana (teka) that they go to the clubs to evangelize and convert people.
Kia tomo koe ki te rohe o te rewera, the devil takes possession of you. There is no discussion about whether you want to or not. This also applies to yoga and all types of yoga and derivates of yoga, including power yoga, and pilates. (Although there are people, who say that pilates isn’t a derivative form of yoga. However the originator of pilates moved in the occult and was interested in Eastern practices (e.g. ioka, toi hōia), zen Buddhism, and animal movements, and incorporated principles and practices thereof in Contrology (Pilates)).
Behind all the Hindu gods is the devil. You sit upon the devil’s yoga mat and worship his minions (Kaiani).
What are the negative side effects of yoga?
The negative side effects of yoga may not be experienced immediately. I a koe e mahi ana i te yoga, you may feel different and experience a change. This can be a positive change or a negative change. Many times you feel a little bit better and feel relaxed after a yoga session. You may experience some physical and mental health improvements, engari he rangitahi noa tenei.
After some time of practicing yoga, you will experience the negative side effects of yoga. You will experience a change in your physical and mental state; in your body, hinengaro (te ahua o to whakaaro), whanonga, and character. You may experience the following things:
- You may become less tolerant, easily irritated, kaiapo, and experience more negative feelings, like jealousy, kino, pukuriri, etc towards others, which you can’t control.
- You may be overwhelmed with negative thoughts about yourself and negatively see yourself.
- You’ll become fearful, haumaru kore, and anxious and suddenly start to have panic attacks.
- You experience unclean sexual thoughts
- You start hearing inner voices or voices in your head, korero ki a koe me aha koe.
- You have difficulty sleeping and experience insomnia.
- You’ll become overwhelmed by negative feelings, like feelings of depression and suicidal thoughts
- When you are happily married, suddenly you begin to see your spouse in a different negative way. You become annoyed and irritated by your spouse. You have more arguments and fights, causing your marriage to end up in a whakarere.
- You used to be energetic, but after practicing yoga you constantly feel tired
- You used to be healthy, but now you are often sick or are diagnosed with a (matemate) disease like cancer
- …
All these demonic activities can be a fruit of yoga in your life.
Does Christian yoga exist?
Kāore, Christian yoga does not exist! There is no such thing as Christian yoga, holy yoga, Christian chair yoga, Yahweh yoga or Tikva in the Kingdom of God nor is Christian yoga a practice of faith or inspired by the Holy Spirit. Despite what people that call themselves Christians say or despite what people practice in the church.
The truth is that Christian yoga, holy yoga, Yahweh yoga, or Tikva is the same as yoga and derive from Hinduism and is occult.
You may try to justify and Christianize yoga, by putting the word ‘Christian’ before yoga, speaking a few religious words, meditating on scriptures, and praying in your mind during a yoga session, but the breathing and physical exercises remain the same. No reira, you still worship the Hindu gods; demons and commit idolatry, which is a sin.
Putting the word ‘Christian’ in front of something and Christianizing a pagan activity or Eastern religion or philosophy, doesn’t make it alright, approved, and justified to God.
Ko te pono, when Christians want to practice yoga, it shows that they are not born again but they are still carnal and belong to the world. Because they still love the world and the things of the world.
Since they are carnal, they want to participate in the trends of the world and live like the world, They love the world more than they love Jesus Christ. They may say they love Jesus, but their actions say something else. Because they don’t exalt Jesus Christ through their spirit but they exalt and worship the devil through their flesh.
Carnal people are not able to discern the spiritual realm. Because of that they don’t see any evil and tolerate and approve of many things that oppose the Bible (te Kupu a te Atua).
What does the Bible say about yoga and idolatry?
The Bible says about idolatry, which also includes yoga, Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? A ko nga mea i piri a te Karaiti me te koretake? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, Ka noho ahau ki roto, ka haere i roto; Ko ahau hoki hei Atua mo ratou, a ko ratou hei iwi moku. Wherefore Come ye out from among them, kia wehea koutou, e ai ta Ihowa, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, e ai ta te Ariki Kaha Rawa (2 Koriniti 6:14-18)
E ai ta te Ariki, that Christians should not get involved with idolatry, including yoga. No te mea, there is no concord between Jesus and Belial, or in this case between Jesus and the Hindu gods.
Jesus Christ is the only God that you serve. When you bow down to other gods, koe reject Jesus Christ. You actually say that Jesus is not good enough for you. Because if Jesus was good enough for you, then you wouldn’t look elsewhere and turn to the world and participate in pagan religions and philosophies and focus on your flesh (Panuitia hoki: ‘Mena kua kitea e koe te pono, He aha koe e rapu tonu ai?’).
Jesus Christ is your Healer and your peace
Ko Ihu Karaiti Iehova Rapha, He is your Healer. If Jesus is your Healer and you have faith in Him, why do you practice yoga to feel better? Jesus is Jehovah Shalom, the God your Peace. If Jesus is your Lord and peace, why do you practice yoga to relax, reduce stress and experience inner peace? If you need to practice yoga for all of that, then Jesus Christ is not your Savior and Lord.
Kua tuhia: ‘and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven’(Tiuteronomi 4:19 (Panuihia hoki: Tiuteronomi 17:3, a 2 Kingi 23:5)).
If yoga is so important to you and you want to continue with yoga, what does Jesus mean to you?
E ai ta te Paipera, that you should separate, consecrate, and sanctify yourself from the world (pūnaha), instead of following the world.
God’s Word revealed to you, who the god of this world is. God’s Word revealed the final destination of the people that belong to the world and the ruler of this world.
Jesus called you unto holiness. God bought you with the blood of His Son Jesus Christ. He made you holy and righteous through Tona patunga tapu; by His blood and now it’s up to you to stay holy and live righteous.
E kī ana a Ihu: come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, a ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe he okiokinga. Tangohia taku ioka ki a koe, me te ako i ahau; He meke hoki ahau, he iti hoki te ngākau: a ka kitea e koutou he okiokinga ki o koutou wairua. He ngāwari hoki taku ioka, a, he mārama taku kawenga (Matiu 11:28-30)
God gave you a free will to make choices in life. You can choose to believe and follow Jesus and take the yoke of Jesus Christ upon you or you can choose to believe and follow the world and take the yoke of the devil upon you, because yoga means yoke.
Kei nga tangata katoa a Ihu Karaiti
Jesus came to redeem humanity from the power and authority of the devil, ko wai te atua o tenei ao. Therefore every person needs Ihu Karaiti. Everyone may come to Jesus. Kaore he tangata, who is not allowed to come to Jesus for salvation.
Kaore he mea nui, what you have done in the past or what kind of person you are. Aroha a Ihu ki a koe. How do you know that Jesus loves you? Jesus showed His love for you by carrying your sins and iniquities on the cross and taking the punishment for your sins, ko te mate, ki runga ano ia ia.
Jesus carried it all for you and died and i haere ki te reinga mo koe. So that you won’t have to carry it anymore and live under the oppression of sin and guilt and the authority of death, but you can live in freedom in Christ instead. But it’s up to you to believe it and accept the grace and the gift of God or not. (Panuitia hoki: He aha te tikanga o te ripeka?)
How to get peace for your soul?
If you are heavy-laden or feel exhausted, korekore, pouri, manawa, hau, hepohepo, māharahara, pouri, pouri, etc. then there is only one place to get rangimarie for your soul and that is in Jesus Christ. Jesus alone can give you peace and the rest you need.
The methods of the world may seem like they can solve your problems, Engari mo te pono, they can’t and will only make your problems worse. Because the methods of the world originate from the same source that caused your problems. That source is the kingdom of darkness.
When you draw from the right Source; the Source of life (Ihu Karaiti; te Word), only then will you find, what you’ve been looking for.
If you want to find out the truth and want to draw from the right Source, then open your Bible, te Kupu a te Atua, and begin to read and get to know Jesus Christ and the Father.
When you study the Bible and whakahou i to hinengaro me nga kupu a te Atua, meditate upon them, a faaohipa i te reira i roto i to outou oraraa, kia riro ai koe hei mahi mo te kupu, you shall have real peace.
Te Hau, that Jesus promised you to have, is not the peace of the world, but it’s the peace of God that passes all understanding.
A peace that doesn’t depend upon circumstances and situations, but it’s a constant peace inside of you.
Ko te rangimarie o te Atua, e pa ana ki nga marama katoa, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus (Philipi 4:7)
'Kia tote mo te whenua’
Mātāpuna: Bible King James Version, *Merrian-Webster dictionary, Wikipedia, CDC
