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Promoting Hinduism? Parents Demand Removal Of School Yoga Cl...

During first period at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School in Encinitas, Calif., Kristen McCloskey leads about two dozen third-graders through some familiar yoga poses. "All right, so let's do our opening sequence A," [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2013 | Comments : 0

A Grand Multi-Day Hindu Festival of Yoga & Music in Colorado

An elaborate “Hanuman Festival” of yoga and music will be held at Boulder (Colorado, USA) from June 8-10. “VIP Pass” for this “three-day celebration of yoga, music and community” costs $1,099 and it cla [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Hindus irked at 'sexploitation' of yoga

Hindus are upset at what they call the "sexploitation" of yoga. Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, issued a press release recently condemning the "mercantile greed" that is flooding the marketpl [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Vedanta and yoga perfect match for American values

There has always been a pervasive but undocumented feeling that Indian philosophy, as manifest in Vedanta on the intellectual plain and yoga on the physical plain, has very significantly influenced the West in general and America in part [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Is Yoga Hindu?

Last month, the Take Yoga Back campaign of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) got a leg up when the New York Times ran an article about their movement to reclaim yoga’s soul. The campaign aims to spread awareness that yoga origina [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Is Yoga a Form of Hinduism? Is Hinduism a Form of Yoga?

Debates about these questions have been making headlines lately. Some American Hindus have argued that American yoga is not Hindu enough, that Hindus should “Take Back Yoga” (the label of a campaign by the Hindu American Foun [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

It is wrong to deny yoga's Hindu origins

A 2002 survey of Americans showed that more than half the population expressed an interest in practicing yoga, and a 2004 news report claimed that there were nearly 15.5 million yoga practitioners in the country. Nearly 77% of the practi [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Vatican Library carries books on Hinduism and Yoga

Even the Vatican Library has books on Hinduism and Yoga. Catalogue search reveals that besides nine books on the subject of Yoga, Vatican Library carries books on Hindu civilization, manners-customs-ceremonies, music, pantheon, psycholog [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga Practice In Churches

Yoga, though having its roots in Hinduism, has stretched beyond the barriers of religion. Many Christian Churches have adopted the practice of Yoga, offering Yoga instruction, according to reports. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Santa Moni [...]