{"id":55,"date":"2025-10-26T21:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T02:07:30","slug":"balance-truth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/balance-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#d5dac9\">\u201cDonning the Belt of Truth means aligning ourselves with what God says about us, Himself and His Kingdom. <strong>Spiritual core<\/strong> determines our spiritual <strong>posture<\/strong> and keeps us from debilitating spiritual pain. Just as we concentrate on the position of our bodies for best performance of each exercise, we must also position our spirit for performance.\u201d<br><br>&#8211; <em>Laura Monica, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholyfit.org\">WholyFit<\/a> Devotional Exercise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#95a379\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Classical yoga meditation&#8230;<\/strong><br><br>Seeks to unite us with a \u201cSupreme Universal Spirit\u201d (Light on Yoga, p. 1); but God Himself paves the way for us into His presence and joy, revealing who He is uniquely, simply by our response to the cross. (<strong>Eph 1-3, John 14:2-6, 2 Cor 4:16-18, Ps 139<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Can yoga be purely physical?<\/strong><br><br>Hatha Yoga is meant to ready us&#8230; [for]&#8230; the spiritual component which is the \u201centire essence of the subject.\u201d (Richard Hittleman quote\u2014Yoga Journal, May\/June 1993, p. 68)<br><br>Growing up in church later to be led to the New Age starting with yoga, Laurette Willis created PraiseMoves\u2014a Bible-rooted yoga alternative\u2014after becoming a believer in her adult years. (Today\u2019s Christian Woman, 2005, March\/April, Vol. 27, Issue 2, Page 40; also at kyria.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Renewed mind, transformation<\/strong><br><br>Whatever view we come from, our bodies feel good when we stretch in particular ways. Why not pursue Bible-integrated exercises that strengthen the body but also build up the mind and spirit?<br><br>Let the strengthening and rest start inside. Let God\u2019s biblical truths enlighten your understanding that you would \u201cknow the hope of His calling.\u201d (<strong>Eph 1:18<\/strong>) Let these truths sink in kinesthetically, while you stretch through the \u201cword of God, which also effectively works in you who believe\u201d (<strong>1 Th 2:13, Rom 10:17, Hbr 4:12<\/strong>)\u2014resulting in your transformation as your mind is renewed. (<strong>Rom 12:2<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDonning the Belt of Truth means aligning ourselves with what God says about us, Himself and His Kingdom. Spiritual core determines our spiritual posture and keeps us from debilitating spiritual pain. Just as we concentrate on the position of our bodies for best performance of each exercise, we must also position our spirit for performance.\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/balance-truth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Balance Truth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingcontrast.com\/bible-rooted-alternatives-to-yoga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}