I discovered whatever I’m doing in yoga, I’m doing five times a day in prayer,†said Mr. Rashid, who is from Dhaka, Bangladesh. During the daylong yoga class at the festival that Mr. Rashid helped organize in Jackson Heights last summer, classes were halted for salat. Imam Qayyoom and others performed those prayers on their yoga mats.
It dawned on him then, the imam said, that many Muslims, in a sense, practice yogic postures several times a day. “Maybe they’re getting that same benefit in their prayers,†he said. “Maybe they don’t need to do yoga.â€
It dawned on him then, the imam said, that many Muslims, in a sense, practice yogic postures several times a day. “Maybe they’re getting that same benefit in their prayers,†he said. “Maybe they don’t need to do yoga.â€
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