Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Yoga no longer banned in Alabama schools, but "namaste" is

After a failed attempt to overturn Alabama's nearly three-decade ban on yoga in public schools, the state legislature has finally gotten over their moral panic and agreed to lift the ruling. But there's a catch, as Slate explains:

Under the new law, yoga instructors are barred from using any Sanskrit names for poses and must refer to them using their English equivalent only.

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