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appropriation religious studies yoga and christianity understanding yoga interfaith dialogue and study meditation and contemplation for christians classes events folder directory back community directory about the directory directory donation directory listing guideline donate we value and honor the intersections of yoga philosophy and christian theology through study embodied spiritual practices and spiritual friendship cpy answers the longing of christ centered people to grow towards a contemplative life we invite you to learn and discern through our offerings subscribe to our newsletter we believe yoga can heal divides we envision a time when through the deep transformative power of christ christians practicing yoga and contemplative prayer make a significant contribution to healing the divides in our lives and in our world we are a non profit organization that values and honors the intersections of yoga philosophy and christian theology through study embodied spiritual practices and spiritual friendship cpy answers the longing of christ centered people to grow towards a contemplative life mission vision we are committed to every body christians practicing yoga is dedicated to building and sustaining a diverse equitable and inclusive environment for all that is reflective of the unconditional love of jesus christ and the yogic philosophy of non violence ahimsa every member on our team and in our community enriches our understanding of god s love for humanity by exposing us to a broad diversity of ways to understand and engage with the world and each other to identify and overcome challenges and to grow in our understanding of god and self inclusion fostering an ecumenical community since its founding in 2001 cpy has been an ecumenical community which promotes unity among different christian traditions through cpy i ve encountered christians from a broad range of traditions baptist catholic episcopal lutheran methodist orthodox presbyterian united church church of the savior and a variety of free church traditions we are also in dialogue with other world religions and religious texts including the hindu faith and yoga scriptures unity in diversity what we offer classes and events after offering an incredibly successful teachers retreat in august 2024 our volunteers are prayerfully moving slowly recovering and regrouping we will keep you posted as more wonderful events unfold writings from our blog community our writing community meets monthly as a form of friendship and support lead by doreen corwith eckert christians practicing yoga has over 200 blog posts and 20 writers who contribute the collective voice community directory christians practicing yoga has a large network of individuals who have spent years exploring the intersection of christianity and yoga who may or may not be actively teaching yoga or offering classes this directory offers a means to connect these valuable resources to others who have questions about this intersection comprehensive list of books and resources our selected bibliography for teachers students seekers and the just plain curious the majority of works reflect the conviction of cpy that the practice of yoga can be a positive contribution to the living of a christian life we also include however a selection of works that take the opposing view classes and events summary block this block has no content yet items you add to the page connected to this block will display here featured writing from our blog community featured february 19 2026 the purpose of activity is rest by rev canon kevin flynn february 19 2026 photo credit pattib february 19 2026 january 24 2026 the path of i and the path of we by guest writer rev robert k c forman january 24 2026 january 24 2026 december 10 2025 the truth will set you free by connie wernikowski december 10 2025 connie shares her ahha moment when she learned she was not listening to the truth satya of her body and how that relates to her prayer life december 10 2025 november 17 2025 guest offering november 17 2025 queen shares her journey of deconstruction and reconstruction of faith november 17 2025 september 12 2025 the feast of heaven and earth east and west september 12 2025 melissa shares her story of integrating yoga and christ which took many years and held some surprises along the way september 12 2025 september 13 2024 father tom s library september 13 2024 allyson shares the titles for father tom s library september 13 2024 june 25 2024 seeking radical trust june 25 2024 doreen reflects on radical trust in preparation for the 2024 retreat june 25 2024 june 19 2024 living vairagya june 19 2024 doreen reflects on vairagya in preparation for the 2024 retreat june 19 2024 june 12 2024 exploring abhyasa june 12 2024 doreen reflects on abhyasa in preparation for the 2024 cpy retreat june 12 2024 may 27 2024 jesus christ and yoga a book review may 27 2024 our guest contributor jim earles reflects on the third edition of jesus 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