Yoga is NOT a STRETCH; it's a religion!

Hot 8 Yoga | Chantelle Adanna Agbro

The spiritual realm is the parent realm of the physical realm.

2 Corinthians 4:18 and Romans 7:14 both emphasize this fact. That said, light doesn't exist without dark, as God made them both, recorded in Genesis 1. Blessings cannot exist without curses. You cannot have the goodness of God without knowing how to keep away from the darkness of the world because both extremes exist, and that's the truth. Only operating within the boundaries of spiritual protection (suiting up in the FULL armor of God) keeps you safe, Ephesians 6.

This scripture, (among many others) you should refer to when measuring if you're in right standing with God, Exodus 20: 3-5 .

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

We're gonna break this text down but just know it's much deeper than what you think.

So, how'd we get here?

Goal:

• Highlight the need for a mindset change by renewing your mind (Romans 12:2).

• Highlight what yoga is and what it is not.

• Highlight what spiritual bondage is.

• Highlight the goal of the enemy. (1 Peter 5:8)

The Bible is a set of laws, rules, principles, and protocols in which life takes place. In order to understand the fundaments, we have to start with the rule book.

Can I be honest?

Sometimes conviction is subtle, other times it roars like the LION He is. With this topic, the roar grew the more I avoided talking about why I left yoga publicly. I now know how it feels to be on the side where you're spiritually revived yet everyone else is spiritually dead and operating from their flesh aka (thoughts, feelings, emotions, preferences and opinions). I now see how uncomfortable it is for people who know what the yoga practice is, which is exactly what it sounds like a practice, not a workout. Anything you practice is a routine, its what you meditate on, it is embedded in your way of life. Yes, it's that deep.

In every situation, there is the truth and there is a myth.

The truth is that unholy and holy cannot mix. So the same way oil and water will never mesh is why you cannot practice yoga, (synonymous with crystal worship, zodiac, psychic, tarot card readings etc.) and claim to be a covenanted christian. You can be a carnal one all day long but covenanted?

Nah.

All that said, I personally don't want to talk about this, I'd much rather take the revelations that God has given me in secret to enhance my life, and when it manifests, allow the favor of God to be a mystery to those seeing me. However, I've learned so much this past year, including the importance of paying attention to the spiritual realm by killing my flesh and seeking my Heavenly Father's face consistently. In doing this, I know on a deeper and clearer level that my life is unto God. It's not about what I want in the end but about what brings Him glory. So, though I feel like doing one thing, I do what God says, regardless, which is to "warn my people" because Hosea 4:6 says: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."

I need you to know that the craftiest trick of the enemy is to DECIEVE. Whatever affects the head affects the entire body. I will be posting my full testimony on YouTube this week but the part correlating to this post is here.

Disclaimer: This is not a joke, a gimmick, or clickbait because of the time we're in right now.

Circling back to the top in Exodus, verse 3 says thou shalt have no other gods before me, this is not just the obvious foreign religions

Truth:

• Yoga is not a stretch it is a religion. Historically, body movements are used as a form or worship or sacrifice.

• Yoga means to yoke, join, unite, bind - (tie, imprison, prisoner, to be taken prisoner) Numbers 30:2

• Yoga is rooted in Hinduism and Buddhism. that worhsips the FALSE triune gods: Shiva, Brahama, Vishnu.

At some point you have to be real with yourself. At some point, you have to ask yourself if you are really living how God has called via His word, or am I just doing things and coming into agreement with things that suit my lifestyle, personal preference, and selfish desires. At some point you have to acknowledge that the enemy is out to kill you, every second of every day.

AT SOME POINT, you have to look yourself in the mirror and confess: "Yes, I'm wrong, and I do not know anything, let alone everything."

Mini Testimony:

When I was practicing yoga, I was very clouded in judgement. I practiced fr 2 years, and of course when I started it, I didn't feel clouded at all, in fact I felt light, airy, and "free." Yet, as time passed I slowly noticed my attention span decreasing, my drive depleting, and my focus wavering. My creativity was shot. I felt unstable, indecisive and directionless. The worst part was the false sense of peace that yoga always promoted and it was like when I was in the room I felt at ease but when I would leave, I'd feel heavy spiritually and a bit stuck physically but also in my life as well. I never participated in the chants in class but the thing is, the movements are the worship and what yokes your spiirit and ties down your soul.

Many of teachers were also what I now know to be active witches and warlocks. After classes they would promote sound baths, they wore emulates and crystals, promoted zodiacs knowledge and even tarot card readings as well.

Unfortunately still not fully aware of yoga being an iniquity against God, I still thought I could go to the classes and worship god. I thought i could still dabble in what i now know to be witchcraft and pray to God as if he'd hear me.

Fast forward, I got my cards read because I didn't think much of it (not reading my bible) and was under the impression that "good witchcraft" or a light guidance to the direction of my life was harmless. Of course, I was wrong, sadly mistaken and each time I put my hand to these things (a cursed things) life became even more chaotic. I was struggling financially, there were illnesses in my family, death seemed like it was very close, I didn't hear God, my business was suffering, sexual immorality was a play, I was scrapping by in school, I couldn't finish anything nor focus on any personal projects, I was often discouraged, overcome with worry and fear, getting high every day and I absolutely didn't feel close to God.

Now, one thing about mental health is that its typically masked very well. I was good at that. I was good at smiling by day and crying my eyes out by night.Though it may surprise some, the truth is that I also suffered from suicidal ideation in the past and there was a point when it returned.

Though I was reaping exactly what I sewed and was owed by opening the doors in engaging in iniquity (whether I realized it or not) He still kept me. When the only name I knew to call was JESUS because I knew I was drowning inside, Jesus was the constant. He is unwavering and HE SAVES!

God is so good, His mercy endures forever.

There was one day, that I now know was calculated by a familiar spirit where I saw this woman who was writing on a show that had just got discontinued. She started to essentially prophesy falsely over my life and I ignorantly came into agreement with it. I remember her saying that I was getting new money coming in, a new house, like things were about to just elevate for me in about a year from the time we spoke. I believed every word, not realizing in hindsight things got worse following that encounter.

My problem? I thought that I could spiritually cross-contaminate with no consequances. Still get daily notification from co-star and skip over my daily verse of the day...but it all back fired. I didn't see it as that but that's exactly what it was. The truth needs no one to come into agreement with it for it to be true!

A few more rules about the spiritual realm:

1. It doesn't care about our feelings, opinions, or personal thoughts on a matter.

2. Our ignorance of how it operates does not absolve us from the consequences.

Yoga is designed to summon deities that are ancient and only agenda is to take souls. Your ignormance is where they thrive. It will suck you dry until there's nothing left, if you let it. Do yourself a huge favor and research before you partake. I will never tell you what to do, however i will point to the facts in hopes to deter someone from experienceing what I did. The only way to hear God is through His word and to speed up your spiritual connection to His, fasting is an amazing tool.

This is just a peice of what I went throug, more to come, but just know nothing AT ALL is by coincidence.

• Talk soon, share with who you know needs this!