Yoga in America

The Future of Yoga in America

Ira Israel | Posted 03.27.2012

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Ira Israel

Of course it's wonderful that anyone comes for exercise and leaves with a little spiritual stuff. The problem is that 90 percent of what's being called yoga in America has nothing to do with the original purpose of yoga.

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The History Of Yoga And Religion In America

Leigh E. Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leigh E. Schmidt

Yoga used to make a Christian nation writhe; now it has become an embodiment of the country's religious and social elasticity.

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Should Christians Do Yoga?

Sally Kempton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sally Kempton

What is yoga? Is it a system of physical culture? Is it part of a Hindu religious tradition? Is it a practice, like meditation, that is doctrinally neutral and therefore adaptable to any religious culture?

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