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We set out to answer some questions about whether yoga is a religion, secular, or spiritual. The answer? It's complicated.

The law still bars teachers from saying the traditional salutation “namaste” and using Sanskrit names for yoga poses.

Alabama Lifts a Nearly Three-Decade Ban on Yoga in Public Schools Teachers will be barred from saying “namaste” or using Sanskrit names for poses under a bill signed on Thursday by Gov. Kay Ivey. An adult yoga class in Birmingham, Ala.Credit...Audra Melton for The New York Times May 20, 2021 For the first time in nearly three decades, Alabama will allow yoga to be taught in its public schools, but the ancient practice will be missing some of its hallmarks: Teachers will be barred from sayin...

Alabama Lifts Ban on Yoga in Schools — But Teachers Are Still Forbidden from Saying Namaste People 3 hrs ago © Provided by People Getty Alabama public schools will soon be able to teach yoga, though many of the staples that have come to be associated with the practice will be banned. After nearly three decades of being prohibited in public schools within the southern state, Gov. Kay Ivey overturned the ban that was previously implemented by the states Board of Education back in 1993, acc...