McCain: Alabama’s Fear of Yoga
Updated Apr 05, 1:28 PM;
Posted Apr 05, 7:00 AM
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This is an opinion column.
I have a terrible back. Repeated lower back injuries forced me to abandon distance running, which I loved. Crossfit and boot camp type workouts? Forget it.
That’s how I found myself walking into a local yoga studio a few years ago. I needed a form of exercise that would allow me to stretch and strengthen my body particularly my core without the risk of heavy or repetitive impact.
What I discovered in the studio was an activity that did just that and more. Aside from the movement, there’s a lot of deep breathing, stillness, and focusing on one thing at a time involved in yoga practice things that are highly beneficial to our mental and physical health but I find difficult to do independently. My mind races from days spent in front of screens, jumping quickly from post to post, idea to idea, image to image.
Alabama lawmakers deadlock on effort to lift ban on yoga in public schools By Caitlin O Kane
April 1, 2021 / 9:24 AM / CBS News
A bill in Alabama that would lift a ban on yoga in public schools has stalled in the state s Senate. During a hearing by the state s Senate Judiciary Committee, two conservative groups objected the bill, citing concerns about yoga s ties to Hinduism, according to the Associated Press.
Yoga has been banned in Alabama public schools since 1993, when the Alabama Board of Education voted to prohibit hypnosis, meditation and yoga in public schools after conservative groups pushed the ban, according to the Associated Press.
Alabama lawmakers stalled on a bill meant to lift the ban on yoga in the state s public school. The bill faces opposition from conservative Christian groups that say yoga pushes Hinduism on kids