Virginia GOP Candidate E.W. Jackson Goes Soft on Yoga

Posted: June 14, 2013 at 7:49 am


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When I learned Virginia lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson had written that yoga could leave you vulnerable to Satan, I was thrilled wefinally had a brave leader who would take a stand against hideous yoga fashion and smelly hot studios and Lululemon princesses. But no. In a press conference this week, Jackson capitulated to the four-way-stretch-cloaked hordes, saying, "I do not believe that yoga leads to Satanism."

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It was a shocking about-face.

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In his 2008 book, Ten Commandements to an Extraordinary Life, Jackson wrote, "When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana... The purpose of such meditation is to empty oneself. (Satan) is happy to invade the empty vacuum of your soul and possess it."

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That sounds like a pretty unequivocal statement of principle.

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But Jackson now says his words were misinterpreted. "What I said was that Christian meditation does not involve emptying oneself but filling oneself," Jackson said inan unusual 45-minute press conference on Wednesday, theRichmond Times-Dispatchreports. He even said one of his ministers is a yoga instructor.

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