Source: Yahoo.com
ASPEN, COLORADO, August 28, 2002: Plans for a classroom yoga program were put on hold so administrators and parents could decide whether it would bring religion into the school. Some families at Aspen Elementary said the chanting that often accompanies yoga techniques might challenge the constitutional separation of church and state. The program, called Yoga Ed, would use breathing and stretching to help children adjust to the return of classes and to calm rowdy students after recess. School officials plan a meeting to address the parents concerns. “If there is significant number of parents, after gathering information, that are still concerned about it, we don’t necessarily have to go forward with it,” Principal Barb Pitchford said.