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Breaking Free from Yoga: A Catholic's Journey with Author Linda Carl – 07/09/2026

After nearly two decades as a certified yoga instructor — including as an Ashtanga teacher — Linda Carl had a conversion moment that changed everything. When she opened Scripture to 1 Corinthians 10, the call was clear: leave yoga entirely. What followed was years of untangling herself from a spiritual web she hadn't fully recognized while she was in it.

What Linda Covers in This Episode:

Why yoga's physical benefits are the entry point — and why that's precisely how its spiritual dangers go unnoticed

The Hindu philosophical foundations of popular yoga styles, including Ashtanga, and what…

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