Pew: Most Indians, including most Hindus, do not practice yoga

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Yoga is “mentioned in ancient, sacred scriptures of Hinduism” and encouraged by the Indian government. “Still, a new Pew Research Center survey shows that most Indians do not practice yoga. Just about a third of Indian adults (35%) say they ever practice yoga” - Pew

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Albert Mohler rejects the idea of 'Christian yoga'

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“In an episode of his podcast ‘The Briefing’ that aired last Friday, Mohler described the origins of yoga, which hail from Hindu and Buddhist practices and philosophy. ‘It is deeply based in both Hinduism and Buddhism and the traditional meditative practices that are inseparable from yoga as physical movement involve those traditional Buddhist and Hindu teachings’ ” - CPost

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