Yoga Classes at U.S. School Sparks Religious Controversy
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The superintendent of the school, Tim Baird, has defended the yoga classes and according to him the class is just a tool of a broader programme intended to promote the physical and mental state of students.

Baird also said that some people have the belief that yoga teaching can convert kids to Hinduism, which is not true.

"That's why we have an opt-out clause," Baird said. "If your faith is such that you believe that simply by doing the gorilla pose, you're invoking the Hindu gods, then by all means your child can be doing something else."

Russell Case, a representative of the Jois Foundation, said the parents were mistaken regarding the yoga programme. "They're concerned that we're putting our God before their God," Case said. "They're worried about competition. But we're much closer to them than they think. We're good Christians that just like to do yoga because it helps us to be better people."