Posted on 03/31/2013 3:29:28 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama White House Embraces Yoga Amid Conservative Contortions Chidanand Rajghatta Apr 1, 2013, It is not the first time that Obama's residence has hosted a yoga garden for Easter, but this year's event is significant because of an ongoing lawsuit in California challenging the teaching of yoga in schools.
The White House announced last week that President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will include a 'yoga garden' for children and their parents who attend the traditional Easter Egg Roll festivities on Monday. "Come enjoy a session of yoga from professional instructors," the White House exhorted thousands of workaday Americans parents and their kids from across the country who will troop into the Presidential lawns, reminding participants that the event's theme is 'Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You!'
It is not the first time that Obama's residence has hosted a yoga garden for Easter, but this year's event is significant because of an ongoing lawsuit in California challenging the teaching of yoga in schools. In fact, the case came up for hearing in a San Diego courtroom on Thursday with a mirthful opening.
In an indication of how deep-rooted mainstream yoga has become in the US, it turned out that the presiding judge himself is a yoga practitioner. "Does anybody have a problem with that?" San Diego Superior Court Judge John Meyer was reported asking at the start of the case.
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Yoga is against my religion
Really? Wouldn't "workaday" American parents have to go to work?
In other news, the White House has asked the public to select their favorite icons for the yoga classes
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=picture+of+Ganesh&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Thanks a lot.
Who is paying for these yoga instructors?
Maybe they’ll ask Jane Fonda to pitch in?
All this is part of the multicultural crap that had gradually crept into the body politic of our nation that is now infected with a poisonous virus that affects us all. America killed from within.
That might be too much for young skulls full of mush indoctrinated in the U.S. publik skools to comprehend. I suggest, "b healthy, b active, bu."
Yoga and Hinduism are two sides of the same coin. Obama and his Team are not Christians, so they don’t recognize that.
....and the mantra will be “OOOOOOOOOOObamaaaaaa.”
Aren’t we supposed to separate church and state?
Don’t let the Black Churches hear you.
Smarter than the average Barry....
Booboo says the picnic baskets are extra...
I’ve done yoga and I’m not Hindu. I took a lot of ballet but never grew swan feathers, either. It’s exercise. But I prefer Pilates
WTF is a “yoga garden”???
Not that Christ has Risen.
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