Former yoga instructor, Corinna Craft, explains how seeking a spiritual experience or trying to merge Christian spirituality with Yoga opens one up to Hindu spirits. In her illuminating analysis of the dynamics of authorship and ownership of rituals created by humans engaging with the spirit realm, she warns Christians that informed consent is not required to allow these spirits the right to inhabit and affect those doing yoga.
The reality that the spirit realm has ownership rights over yoga helps explain the results of recent research showing why those who begin the practice of yoga purely for the physical activity, slowly become motivated to sustain the practice for spiritual reasons.
Ms. Craft’s website “Whats the Matter Yoga?” can be found here: whatsthematterwithyoga.wordpress.com.