Christianity and Yoga: Do They Mix? with Jessica Smith

Should Christianity mix with yoga? Are yoga poses benign if we do them but don’t engage in the spiritual practice behind them? This is the question I’m asking my guest, Jessica Smith, who taught yoga for many years. Jessica has a unique perspective and a solid biblical stance on this modern controversy. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions, yet many Christians today are practicing yoga with the belief that yoga’s deep ties to Hinduism and Buddhism can be avoided. I will confess, I thought the same thing—but not any longer. Jessica challenged me and opened my eyes to the truth about this topic. Listen in. I pray your heart is blessed and encouraged as you strive to know God in a deeper way and bring Him honor in everything you do.

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This is a replay of Christianity and Yoga: Do They Mix? with Jessica Smith Part 1 that originally aired in April of 2019 you can listen to part two from April 2019 here

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Meet The Guest

Website | Facebook |  her book The Shattering, An Encounter with Truth | True Tone Fitness, An Alternative to Yoga

A paranormal encounter with a psychic relative convinced Jessica of a spiritual reality outside the bounds of her Christian upbringing, projecting her on an intense quest for spiritual truth. As the mysterious realm of energies and meditation opened before her, she expanded her practice by seeking in–depth training at a Buddhist Center in California, a meditation retreat in South America, and an ashram in India. After a decade of passionately pursing spirituality, she became a certified yoga teacher and a master level Reiki practitioner. Jessica then moved forward with her dream to share these teachings with others, but strange things began to occur. Before her business plan for an instruction center was completed, a terrifying and profound spiritual encounter shattered not only Jessica’s goals, but the very lens through which she viewed the world. Truth was finally found in the one place she had refused to look. She realized the Bible was the only truth and Jesus the only one who could save her from the darkness she had opened herself to.

Since that moment, Jessica has been earnestly following and seeking the Lord Jesus Christ, and searching His Word as the only pure source of truth. Her goal is to reveal the dark spiritual reality behind yoga, meditation, Reiki, and other increasingly popularized New Age practices that are being masked in our culture and deceivingly presented as something they are not.


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LISTEN TO PART TWO

  • Matthew 11:29
  • Deuteronomy 12:30
  • Romans 16:19
  • Deuteronomy 5:7
  • Deuteronomy 4:39
  • Deuteronomy 12:30-31
  • Deuteronomy 12:3-4

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Heidi has been married to her husband Jay since 1989. Together they have seven children and three grandchildren! The St. Johns homeschooled their kids all the way through high school. Heidi is the the author of seven books, host of the popular podcast "Off the Bench," and the founder of MomStrong International, an online community of women learning God's Word and how to apply it to every day life. She and her husband Jay are also the founders of Firmly Planted Family and the Firmly Planted Homeschool Resource Center, located in Vancouver, Washington.