Yoga Sees Backlash, Parents Call It Religious Indoctrination

Encinitas Union School Yoga Sees Backlash, Parents Call It Religious Indoctrination
Article from Huffington Post

Yoga Sees Backlash, Parents Call It Religious Indoctrination

From the Article:
“Parents of Encinitas Union School District in southern California have slammed the district’s twice-a-week yoga program, accusing it of religious indoctrination , the North County Times reports.”

One parent said the Yoga practices and poses are not merely exercise but religious practices, saying the techniques were a kind of prayer. (See Article link).

some parents asked that their children be removed from the yoga classes.  “Some parents have asked that their children be removed from the yoga classes rather than allow them “to be indoctrinated by this Hindu religious program,” according to Andy Vick, whose three daughters attend Mission Estancia.”

 

Anyone can do an internet search and easily find the origins and history of Yoga for themselves and discover that it is Religious in it's very nature and practice.  I do not need to put links here to prove this. To say it has been westernized does not change the meaning of the poses or their implications.  For Yoga to be incorporated into school programs or as P.E. classes would naturally cause parents concern.


A discussion about Yoga

Can Yoga ever be Christian?

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