Pax Christi Yoga: Focusing your body, mind and spirit
Join us for the launch on Saturday, February 25 at 9am.
Beginning Saturday, February 25 at 9am and the Saturdays following, we’ll be gathering in the Fellowship Hall of First Church for Pax Christi Yoga. Enter through the doors on 2nd and Denny Way. Not sure where we’re located? Here’s a map. All are welcome, and no prior experience is needed. Not sure what to bring or wear? Check out our Pax Christi Yoga page for more information! We hope to see you soon!
>Download the flyer here!
“…do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God?”
What is Yoga and how is Pax Christi Yoga different?
Yoga is an ancient practice uniting the mind with the body, becoming a discipline of presence in each moment.
In Pax Christi Yoga we use Christian scripture to focus our thoughts as we move and breathe and align with the inner world of the Holy Spirit.
We welcome all individuals to participate in this communion with God through the moving prayer of yoga.
If we do not involve our bodies, …we may not be able to enter a true, attentive stillness because our posture frustrates it…The result is often a drowsy condition punctuated with ‘pins and needles’ and restlessness. More than that, we remain inhibited in our self-expression….If in prayer we shut down all bodily gesture and movement and confine ourselves to a single position we cut in half our power to feel and own and express our devotion, our love and our needs…
–Martin Smith, The Body at Prayer: The Contemporaries Meet the Classics on Prayer (2003)
For more information, contact Instructor, Janet Crawley: Janet@firstchurchseattle.org
