Yoga: Embodied Presence and Embodied Prayer

Yoga is not about putting your body into impossible positions or performing semi superhuman stunts. Yoga at its best is about becoming aware of the body, tending the body, and learning to connect with it and with the divine energies moving through it at deeper and deeper levels.


This breakout session will involve no “down dogs” or full lotus positions. Depending upon the interest and abilities of those who attend, we may not even use yoga mats. We will explore, through breath work and simple, but profound movements, how simple presence brings us closer to God in the present moment.


Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

—1st Corinthians 6:19-20