The downside of yoga for me was losing my athiest wife to a yoga "community" with a guru that practices all sorts of new age mumbo jumbo mixed with Hindu spiritual practices. You can read my story here: [forum.culteducation.com]
My concern now is keeping my child out of their yoga class which includes locking the room, no parents allowed, breathing exercises (animal noises), meditation with music and chanting, poses of course, and who knows what else. This stuff should definitely not be for kids.
So far I have been able to keep my daughter out, as she has no interest in yoga. Mainly I think because she knows this is a source of conflict with her mother and I, and also I hope I have opened her mind to not blindly believe what others believe without questioning. She is almost 10 but in some ways already smarter than her mother. She doesn't believe in magical crystals, tarot cards, or religion. She figured out at a young age that Santa clause and the tooth fairy, etc are not real. Spaghetti monsters in the sky is kind of our private joke. ;) I have and will do all I can do to keep her safe as long as I can.
My concern now is keeping my child out of their yoga class which includes locking the room, no parents allowed, breathing exercises (animal noises), meditation with music and chanting, poses of course, and who knows what else. This stuff should definitely not be for kids.
So far I have been able to keep my daughter out, as she has no interest in yoga. Mainly I think because she knows this is a source of conflict with her mother and I, and also I hope I have opened her mind to not blindly believe what others believe without questioning. She is almost 10 but in some ways already smarter than her mother. She doesn't believe in magical crystals, tarot cards, or religion. She figured out at a young age that Santa clause and the tooth fairy, etc are not real. Spaghetti monsters in the sky is kind of our private joke. ;) I have and will do all I can do to keep her safe as long as I can.