[ashtanga]

Yoga is simply a very logical and effective exercise program. I can't say too much about meditation as it relates to yoga, because the former comes from the Buddhist tradition. Neither of the two disciplines are incompatible, and each should dovetail nicely with Christianity. Meditation is basically learning how to sit still. One doesn't "meditate" at all, but rather the opposite; one learns not to think for periods at a time in an effort to live in the present. At bottom, there is a logic to it all, indeed a supreme logic.

[patriot_wes]

"one learns not to think for periods at a time in an effort to live in the present."

just what we need, people teaching us not to think - but I guess that's why we would use the name of the Messiah and yoga in the same sentence!