{"id":10813,"date":"2013-01-26T13:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T17:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=10813"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:51:11","slug":"when-is-yoga-yoga-and-how-is-it-affecting-children-in-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/when-is-yoga-yoga-and-how-is-it-affecting-children-in-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"When is Yoga, Yoga – And How is it Affecting Children in Public Schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roger Oakland<\/strong>
\n Understand the Times, International<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the American Civil Liberties Union, students in public schools cannot be indoctrinated with any specific religious belief. Education must be religiously neutral. However, it can be documented that when children are being introduced to yoga and witchcraft in public schools, parents are told not be alarmed.<\/p>\n

For example, imagine the following scenario. You are a Christian parent and your six-year old son is attending a public school. When he arrives home from school, he enthusiastically tells his mother what he learned in school that day. He sits down on the floor and takes a yoga position. He then places his hands together at the center of his chest, as if he is praying. He tells his mother he has learned how to be \u201ccentered\u201d at a class he was taking in school.<\/p>\n

A mother who attended a seminar I was speaking at in South Carolina told me this story. She also gave me a newsletter that was sent home to her from the school with her child. This is what the note stated:<\/p>\n

Our students are learning yoga. Here\u2019s some information about this form of exercise. Yoga is not a religion. It is a scientific system of exercises designed to strengthen bones, stretch muscles, massage internal organs, increase blood flow, and develop flexibility of the joints, tendons, and ligaments. Overall, the result of both adults and children is a pervading feeling of peace, of wholeness, and a general sense of well being.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading this commentary.<\/p>\n

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