• Court has allowed yoga in schools as part of health and exercise curriculum • Court rejects claim that teaching yoga violates state law • Yoga is exercise, not spiritual dogma SAN DIEGO, California - A US court has allowed teaching yoga in schools as part of health and exercise curriculum, rejecting a claim by parents that the ancient Indian practice is any religious indoctrination. Judge John Meyer's ruling in a San Diego court means that the Encinitas Union School District can continue to teach yoga to its students because it has developed its own version of yoga that was not religious but distinct and separate from Ashtana yoga. "A reasonable student would not objectively perceive that Encinitas School District yoga does advance or promote religion," said the judge. School district officials were pleased by the ruling but the lawyer for the parents said they will probably appeal. The teaching of yoga in the school was challenged by Dean Broyles, president and attorney for the Escondido-based National Center for Law and Policy. He had filed a lawsuit on behalf of a couple with two children in the school system. Broyles had wanted the court to have the programme cancelled because it violated state law prohibiting the teaching of religion in public schools. Broyles said having yoga in the schools "represents a serious breach of the public trust".Court allows yoga in US schools
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