I wonder whether my colleagues at the Post may have been
imprecise with the word "banned." As best I can tell, the school is simply
deciding what to include as part of its own class:
Among the elements of the program that will be eliminated: the Sanskrit
greeting "Namaste," placing hands "to heart center" and coloring pages with the
symbol of the Mandala (a spiritual symbol in Indian religions representing the
cosmos).
I'm not sure how I would have chosen to have a yoga class be
taught, if the choice were up to me; but such decisions about the content of
the curriculum strike me as different from "bann[ing]" "namaste and yoga."
Eugene
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