Appeals court upholds yoga program in Encinitas public schools [LATimes.com]

Samantha Sangenito 4/8/154:00 AM

The teaching of yoga in Encinitas public schools does not represent an illegal attempt at religious indoctrination, an appeals court ruled Friday.

A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the San Diego Superior Court that the yoga program in the Encinitas Union School District is "devoid of any religious, mystical or spiritual trappings."

Under a three-year grant from the K.P. Jois Foundation, which promotes Ashtanga yoga, yoga exercises are taught in twice-weekly, 30-minute classes.

The parents of two students had sued on grounds that the yoga program promotes Hinduism while the district discourages any display of Christianity.

[For more of this story, written by Tony Perry, go to http://www.latimes.com/local/l...-20150403-story.html]

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