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Why ‘namaste’ has become the perfect pandemic greeting
By Jeremy David Engels — October 1, 2020
(The Conversation) — As people the world over are choosing to ditch the handshakes and hugs for fear of contracting the coronavirus, namaste is becoming the perfect pandemic greeting.
Yoga’s ‘father in the West’ still defining our spirituality and celebrity 100 years later
By Tara Isabella Burton — September 16, 2020
(RNS) — Pioneering a vision of wellness in which spirituality and self-help converge, Yogananda created a new model for pop spirituality.
Baptist, vegan ex-football player may overturn Alabama’s ban on public school yoga
By Megan Botel — April 1, 2020
(RNS) — For some of the state's residents, 86% of whom identify as Christian, yoga and other non-Christian practices have long been considered satanic.
When retail and reverence collide
By Indu Viswanathan and Parth Parihar — January 2, 2020
(RNS) — Yoga's ubiquity has put Hindu imagery in the mainstream, but until HIndus are seen as equals in the U.S., mocking our faith's images defines us as colonialist caricatures.
In St. Louis, mapping how religion is lived — in sanctuaries holy and profane
By Eric Berger — September 11, 2019
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (RNS) — Focusing on practices and beliefs in everyday life, the initiative looks at religion in the yoga studio, the baseball stadium, the zoo and the dog park.
These women power through high-intensity workouts. Then they finish with prayer.
By Yonat Shimron — June 21, 2019
APEX, N.C. (RNS) — If some of the newer fitness center brands draw millennials with no particular faith, FiA draws people who tend to be more religiously conventional.
Are yoga and mindfulness in schools religious?
By Candy Gunther Brown — May 13, 2019
(The Conversation) — Yoga and mindfulness could become the fourth 'R' of public education. But up for debate is whether the 'R' in this case stands for relaxation or religion.
Yoga isn’t timeless: it’s changing to meet contemporary needs
By The Conversation — June 20, 2018
(The Conversation) — Today, part of yoga’s appeal is that it continues to be seen as a mystical, ancient tradition. However, the practice of yoga has gone through some profound shifts.
Teaching Hinduism in California schools
By Aseem Shukla — April 24, 2016
(RNS) A group of scholars is threatening to downgrade, and in many cases remove, the terms India and Hinduism, from California schoolbooks.
Indian guru’s festival on Delhi flood plain riles greens, worries police
By Reuters — March 10, 2016
NEW DELHI (Reuters) But Ravi Shankar rejects warnings from Indian environmentalists who predict that the event, and the 3.5 million visitors expected, will devastate the area's biodiversity.
Parents appeal judge’s ruling allowing yoga in public schools
By Lilly Fowler — November 1, 2013
LOS ANGELES (RNS) “Our children are not religious guinea pigs and should never be subjected to such misguided religious experimentation,” said Dean Broyles, president of the National Center for Law and Policy.
Is yoga religious? An Indian court mulls mandatory school exercises
By Vishal Arora — October 28, 2013
(RNS) India’s school policy considers yoga an integral component of physical education. But the court has expressed caution, and is considering arguments that yoga has a religious component.
San Diego judge says public school’s yoga instruction not religious
By Lilly Fowler — July 1, 2013
(RNS) In his opinion, San Diego Superior Court Judge John Meyer explained that although yoga is rooted in religion, it has a legitimate secular purpose in the district’s physical education program. He also said the practice, contrary to parents’ complaints, does not advance or inhibit religion.
Is yoga instruction religious? San Diego court case may decide
By Lilly Fowler — June 24, 2013
(RNS) Although experts point to a 1979 federal court case that grappled with the instruction of transcendental meditation in the public schools, no court has ruled on whether it is appropriate to teach yoga in public schools.
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