There’s a ton of misinformation in Christian circles about meditation and yoga. Most of it is rooted in fear of “the devil” infiltrating the mind and warping people into doing evil. Well, kids, that happens even without yoga or meditation. When others tell you that you shouldn’t meditate or practice yoga, they’re not trusting you to discern what is from God and what is illusory. The Vatican document about meditation is pretty valid. It tells me what I already know—what my yoga teaching tells me—that we can’t believe our sensory experiences to be spiritual ones. It ends by saying we should choose any method to turn our hearts toward God. The desire for God—not the selfish desire for a “mystical experience”—should be the principal driver.