Jesus Was A Yogi?

In a rare quirk of the calendar, this Sunday (May 7th) will be a second consecutive alt.Sunday. Last Sunday was our first ever “Table Top Sunday” – all games, almost all the time, except we also tucked in our AGM. Not typical, granted, but the most delightful context I’ve ever encountered for a business meeting.

We’ll take the majority of our time together for what promises to be a very intriguing exploration led by Misty, in part addressing the subject line of this email. Here is Misty’s description of what she has planned:

There is a largely unsubstantiated theory that Jesus travelled to India between the time he was 13 and 33. Whatever the case, when Jesus was alive, yoga had already existed for at least 2500 years. As I have been studying yoga, I have noticed that the teachings are actually really similar to Christianity.

This week I will share some of my learnings. Then we will do a short yoga offering. Yoga is much more than the physical practice, so I’m not going to ask anyone to stand on one leg, on your head, or do any other weird movements. We will spend some time breathing together. We will spend some time in self reflection and we will do a short physical practice from our chairs. As always everything is an invitation not a requirement. You don’t need to bring anything. We won’t be getting on the floor. I hope to see you all on Sunday.