“Jesus did not indulge in Yoga, if he had, he would have taught his disciples and us to do so.”
Remember, Jesus said to his disciples There are things that I share with you that you should not share with other people. They are not ready for it. Do not give your pearls to the swine lest they turn on you.
For thousands of years, yoga was not taught outside of the ashrams as it was too powerful for the common folk to experience. The spiritual awakening process can cause severe harm to an individual if they do not have proper guidance. I have cleaned up the messes that improper knowledge of yoga has created in people from both Kripala in MA and Himilayan Institute in PA, two of the top yoga schools on the east coast. The number one problem is partial paralysis of the lower limbs from blowing out an energy center. The student loses the ability to walk or stand. Yoga can be dangerous, but like a surgical knife, it can be very, very beneficial. Thankfully most people teaching yoga truly do not understand it and therefor do not have the ability to take it to levels that harm their students.
The key is not in the stretchng and postures, the key is in the focus location of consciousness and the breathework such as in kundalini yoga.
There is a very true saying.. “Never meditate/or do yoga over the septic tank!”
Christ said also that when he went he would “send the comforter who would guide you in all things”.
Matthew 7:6 1“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 2“For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5“You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6“Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
If you are going quote scripture do so in context...Christ was preaching the “Sermon on the Mount” before multitudes of people when he made the comment about the swine. It wasn’t a secret statement made to the disciples. The things he did tell the disciples, that he admonished them not to share, were things that could only be shared after the Holy Spirit had been poured out so that new converts could know as the disciples themselves knew, in terms of God’s heavenly paradigm! YOGA was not one of those “secrets”!