Yoga originated as meditative practice in Hinduism with some spiritual goals that are a bit more than just the more generic “mindfulness” you might find in your typical modern fitness class.
(It’s also found in Buddhism and Jainism,)
The physical stretches and poses are great for healthy, low intensity exercise; and meditation is a thing that exists basically in every religious flavor you’d like; so it’s certainly possible to make even a “fundie-approved” version, but eh. Good luck with that.
Ultimately it could have been lumped into “other beliefs”,
Los of churches actually have “Christian Yoga” classes which, oddly enough, is usually just the exercise with nothing religous about it.
It’s this word thing where they show how something beneficial can work without involving spirituality.
I remember way back in the day. middle school late 90’s, maybe. MTG was “the devil” or something, so somebody found us an alternative that involved bible heroes and verses.
it was a terribly unfun game with a lousy system for winning, and I think I knew exactly one kid who had a deck with it; though he just put the cards over his MTG cards to hide the fact that he played MTG (yes. the pastor’s kid was a really bad influence.)
MTG is still the devil. She’s an anti-science, conspiracy believing nutter, and I’m ashamed that I’m in the same state as she is.
