Deuteronomy 18:9–14: Don't Learn Their Practices
Deuteronomy 18:9–14 tells Israel that receiving the land means refusing to learn the religious techniques of the peoples being displaced. The passage is about technique and trust, not about exercise.
Deuteronomy 18:9–14: Yoga and the Occult Ban
Deuteronomy 18:9–14 forbids Israel to learn the divination and spirit-contact arts of the surrounding nations, not every borrowed custom. The passage calls God's people to be blameless before him rather than to adopt religiously freighted practices that seek guidance or power apart from him.
Deuteronomy 18:9–14: Necromancy Forbidden
Deuteronomy 18:9–14 forbids Israel from adopting the religious techniques of the nations, naming necromancy and fortune arts among them. The reason given is that such practices are an abomination to Yahweh, and Israel's alternative is to be blameless before him.