Are yoga and mindfulness in schools religious?
- Written by Candy Gunther Brown, Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University
Yoga classes are becoming more prevalent in America's schools.Africa Studio / www.shutterstock.comThe number of U.S. children age 4 to 17 practicing yoga rose from 2.3% to 8.4% – or from 1.3 million to 4.9 million – between 2007 and 2017, federal data show. The number of children meditating rose to 3.1 million during the same period.
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