Jesus and Yoga...Yes, No, Maybe So?

At church yesterday I spoke with a godly man/big-time distance runner about the knee pain I've developed due to the rapid increase in my running mileage. He invited me to try Bikram Yoga (ie., yoga in a 105 degree, 40% humidity room) with him, saying that his involvement with Bikram Yoga this past year has helped him with many running injuries.So, yesterday afternoon, I gave it a shot. I've never sweat so much in my life. I've never put my body in positions like that before. I've never heard such loud breathing.And, actually, my knee does feel a bit better today.When I first heard of yoga as a teenager I swore off yoga as a Hindu practice at odds with Christianity.When, a few years later, I first heard of a Christian practicing yoga, I concluded that he must be a heretic.But, over the last several years, through some conversations and some study, I've begun to think that though yoga has some Hindu roots, it doesn't have to be a practice at odds with the gospel, at odds with glorifying the God who gave us bodies and breathing. Yesterday's yoga tryout testified to this.And, I'm excited about this new mission field that lies before me: a room filled with 40 some people who, best I can surmise, are strangers to the good news of Jesus--the One whose body was twisted into the most painful position of all, the one who quit breathing, so that sinners could know the one true God.I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I'm going to continue to think through this issue myself. What do you think about Jesus and Yoga? Is Yoga something Christians should abstain from entirely, or is their room for thoughtful involvement with Yoga? Why or why not?