maxaroni

I personally do not practice Hinduism, and I mean no disrespect to you if you do. I want to know if there is any way to practice yoga without experiencing anything spiritual (I dont mean Hatha yoga). I want yoga for the physical experiences only, but I have heard this is impossible to do. I have many physical injuries from sports and I've tried many ways to get healthy but none of them work. In my religion I am taught I can have nothing to do with yoga because the term yoga already means "union' or "yoke" in reference to gods. PLEASE HELP!! I KNOW YOGA CAN HELP ME WITH MY ARTHRITIS BUT I DONT WANT TO DISOBEY MY RELIGION