Joanne Wohlmuth share resources for Black History Month.

Doreen and Jennifer chronicle their first meeting at CPY’s 8th biennial teacher’s retreat, held in 2016.  By this time, the network of Christians who practiced and taught yoga had grown substantially, and the needs of this community were changing. We just didn’t know it yet.

I believe it is a rare privilege to experience spiritual friendship with people who hold different worldviews. This privilege demands we put the doctrine, dogma and creeds that hold together our own unique identity into its proper place. I don’t know how it would be possible to do this without yoga and meditation.

Doreen reviews Joanne "Sujatha" Wohlmuth’s course Racial Justice and Yoga.

Renee reflects on the many intersections of yoga and Christianity.

In this post, Amy explores what it means to adhere to the divine flow of the Divine feminine.

In honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Allyson writes about Howard Thurman’s theology and how his work was infused with the teachings of ahimsa and the four yogas.

The world has been through a lot in the past year, dealing not just with one but several “viruses”: the virus of racism, the virus of sexism, the virus of hate and bigotry, the virus of dishonesty, etc. We are losing so many lives to these viruses, and we must acknowledge that this is the world that we are presently living in. That said, let us also recognize that each of our religious and spiritual traditions have continuously risen to be antidotes to these viruses.

While once considered the purview of ascetics and monks, Thomas Merton found a more accessible way for lay Christians to achieve mystical experiences by way of contemplative prayer practices.