The greeks saw mathematics as a gate way to the Gods, so did the Hindu’s, so do some of the psychiatric clients I’ve worked with over the years. Just goes to show that Numerology goes back as far as the Fall of Man itself.
Numbers and math are tools, great tools, indeed a direct blessing from God so that man in exploring the universe can ferret out the great truths of God, so that we “are without excuse” when we all stand before God! Math lets us build houses and bridges, make medicines and fly to the stars. God blessed man with math so that he could come out of caves and allow us some measure of control over our chaotic enviroments. David admonishes us to “number our days”, John encourages those with wisdom to “calculate the number of the beast”. God gave us math to warn of us of coming dangers and to understand the logarithmic scales of the results of the preaching of the Word(planting of the mustard seed which produces ten fold and hundred fold).
Indeed, in the era before Christ, God did indeed “wink” at the greek and hindu and Chinese wise men, the Zoroastrians and others who were desparate to find God, and God in his mercy and love for the world gave the world mathematics thru them! But remember, the wise men of the east came to Jesus to pay him homage recognizing God in flesh, the source of all their wisdom! Jesus would never go to them for wisdom, for he was the source of all wisdom from the founding of the world!
I think we agree that sometimes people have used and still use numbers for communicating with the gods. But when I balance my check book, I only use numbers to count how much money I have left. I would say that I am in the majority.
I think the same could be said for yoga. Some have probably used it for communicating with the gods. But the majority use it only to keep their joints supple.
It turns out that numbers and yoga are both rather mundane subjects.