Fifty minutes of prayerful yoga with extra focus to abdominal/core strengthening. Prayer & Pose combines daily Bible study with a prayerful yoga practice that includes prompts for worship, confession, thanksgiving, and requests of the heart. Intended for use following your daily Bible study in Detours Though Matthew, but may be used with your own study. Prayer & Pose Options: • 50 minute full yoga session with prayer prompts (this download) • 20 minute Prayer at the Chair (Chair Yoga with prayer prompts) • 10 minute Restorative Prayer. (Legs up the Wall with prayer prompts) Intended to follow each day's "Detours Through Matthew" study, or for a simple session of prayerful yoga. A PDF of the week 1 study guide is available for download at prayerandpose.com

This free video devotional accompanies the day one reading from the week one study guide. This video serves as the day one lesson; days 2-7 are completed in the downloadable written study guide. The first week of "Detours Through Matthew" explores the lineage of the Messiah and Matthew's desire that all nations and cultures be changed by the love of Christ. Intended to precede a time of prayer via one of our Prayer & Pose options: 50 minute Prayer & Pose yoga (Hips), 20 min Prayer at the Chair/ Chair Yoga, or a 10 minute Restorative Prayer practice. Week One: Lineage & Prophecy of the Messiah (Matthew 1-2) Day 1:  Introduction to Matthew (Video Teaching with Kathy) Day 2: Tamar (Study Guide) Day 3: Rahab (Study Guide) Day 4: Ruth (Study Guide) Day 5: Uriah (Study Guide) Day 6:  Messianic Prophecy (Study Guide) Day 7: The Birth of the Messiah (Study Guide) Week One 50 Minute Prayer and Pose will focus on core strengthening. Prayer & Pose combines daily Bible study with a prayerful yoga practice that includes prompts for worship, confession, thanksgiving, and requests of the heart. The prayer focused yoga is available in a 50 minute full session, a 20 minute chair yoga (Prayer at the Chair), and a 10 minute Restorative pose with prayer.

Prayer at the Chair is appropriate for: - Participants with a knee injury or difficulty getting up and down - Participants wishing to learn stretches that could be done from their office chair - Participants with neurological diseases - Prayer & Pose participants with time limited to 20 minutes for prayerful practice - Aging participants - Participants new to yoga Twenty minutes of prayerful chair yoga. Prayer & Pose combines daily Bible study with a prayerful yoga practice that includes prompts for worship, confession, thanksgiving, and requests of the heart. Prayer & Pose Options: • 50 minute full yoga session with prayer prompts • 20 minute Prayer at the Chair (Chair Yoga with prayer prompts- *this download) • 10 minute Restorative Prayer. (Legs up the Wall with prayer prompts) Intended to follow each day's "Detours Through Matthew" study, or for a simple session of prayerful yoga. A PDF of each week's study guide is available for download at prayerandpose.com

This free video devotional accompanies the day one reading from the week two study guide. This video serves as the day one lesson; days 2-7 are completed in the downloadable written study guide. The second week of "Detours Through Matthew" takes us to John the Baptist and the Temptation of Jesus. Intended to precede a time of prayer via one of our Prayer & Pose options: 50 minute Prayer & Pose yoga (Hips), 20 min Prayer at the Chair/ Chair Yoga, or a 10 minute Restorative Prayer practice. Week Two: The Temptation (Matthew 3-4) Day 1: John the Baptist (Video Teaching with Kathy) Day 2: The Baptism of Jesus (Study Guide) Day 3: The First Temptation: Stones to Bread (Study Guide) Day 4: The Second Temptation: Do Not Test the Lord Your God (Study Guide) Day 5: The Third Temptation: Worship and Serve Only the Lord God (Study Guide) Day 6:  Flee Temptation:  Joseph (Study Guide) Day 7:  Repentance & Restoration: David (Study Guide)

Fifty minutes of prayerful yoga with attention to the hips. Prayer & Pose combines daily Bible study with a prayerful yoga practice that includes prompts for worship, confession, thanksgiving, and requests of the heart. Prayer & Pose Options: • 50 minute full yoga session with prayer prompts (this download) • 20 minute Prayer at the Chair (Chair Yoga with prayer prompts) • 10 minute Restorative Prayer. (Legs up the Wall with prayer prompts) Intended to follow each day's "Detours Through Matthew" study, or for a simple session of prayerful yoga. A PDF of the week 2 study guide is available for download at prayerandpose.com

This free video devotional accompanies the day one reading from the week three study guide. This video serves as the day one lesson; days 2-7 are completed in the downloadable written study guide. The third week of "Detours Through Matthew" is a study of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Intended to precede a time of prayer via one of our Prayer & Pose options: 50 minute Prayer & Pose yoga (Heart Openers/Back Extension/Phone FIX), 20 min Prayer at the Chair/ Chair Yoga, or a 10 minute Restorative Prayer practice. Week 3: The Disciples (Matthew 4 - Continued) Day 1: The Galilean Ministry of Jesus (Video Teaching with Kathy) Day 2: Nathaniel/Bartholomew (Study Guide) Day 3: Sons of Thunder (Study Guide) Day 4: Philip (Study Guide) Day 5: Andrew (Study Guide) Day 6:  Thomas (Study Guide) Day 7:  Judas Iscariot (Study Guide)

This free video devotional accompanies the day one reading from the week four study guide in "Detours through Matthew". This video serves as the day one lesson; days 2-7 are completed in the downloadable written study guide. The fourth week of "Detours Through Matthew" is a study of the Beattitudes. Intended to precede a time of prayer via one of our Prayer & Pose options: 50 minute Prayer & Pose yoga (Hips), 20 min Prayer at the Chair/ Chair Yoga, or a 10 minute Restorative Prayer practice. Week Two: The Temptation (Matthew 3-4) Day 1: Blessed are the Peacemakers (Video Teaching with Kathy) Day 2: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit: The Red Sea (Study Guide) Day 3: Blessed are Those Who Mourn: Rebellion of the Israelites (Study Guide) Day 4: Blessed are the Meek: A Burning Bush (Study Guide) Day 5: Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness: Moses & the Egyption (Study Guide) Day 6:  Blessed are Those Whose Hearts are Pure: Pharoah's Hard Heart (Study Guide) Day 7:  Blessed are Those who are Persecuted for Doing Right: Twelve Spies (Study Guide)

Prayer & Pose combines daily Bible study with a prayerful yoga practice that includes prompts for worship, confession, thanksgiving, and requests of the heart. The prayer focused yoga is available in a 50 minute full session, a 20 minute chair yoga (Prayer at the Chair), and a 10 minute Restorative pose with prayer. As you move through the Prayer & Pose video, find a place between easy and hard. We should always feel something- such as stretching, reaching, or twisting gently; however, we should never move to a point of pain. Pain is an indication is is time to back off of a pose with a modification or substitutionary pose as listed below. It is recommended to consult a physician before beginning a new exercise program. If a pose feels too difficult you may substitute the following: Standing Poses: Mountain Prone Poses (Face-down): Child’s Pose Supine Poses (Face-Up): Knees to Chest

No time? Skipping today's time of prayer is not the answer. This short ten minute session in the restorative yoga pose "Legs Up the Wall" guides you through prayer with prompts for worship, confession, thanksgiving, and requests of the heart. Not only will you be setting aside much needed time in prayer, but you'll benefit from this amazing restorative pose that reduces swelling in the legs, alleviates stress, brings blood flow to the upper extremities assisting in memory & concentration, assists the lymphatic system, assists in the release of lactic acid, provides a gentle stretch to the hamstrings, and can help see headaches. Intended for use with the Detours Through Matthew Bible study, but may be used for your own time of prayer. Prayer & Pose Options: • 50 minute full yoga session with prayer prompts • 20 minute Prayer at the Chair (Chair Yoga with prayer prompts) • 10 minute Restorative Prayer. (Legs up the Wall with prayer prompts *this download) Intended to follow each day's "Detours Through Matthew" study, or for a simple session of prayerful yoga. A PDF of each week's study guide is available for download at prayerandpose.com