[quote]ExisKorlan wrote:
pookie wrote:
How does yoga fight obesity? Being a limber blimp still leaves you a blimp.
Actually Yoga burns a good bit of calories if done right… I do a program by Diamond Dallas Page called “Yoga for Regular Guys” on my non-lifting days and have had great results with it (http://www.yrgworkout.com/) and I downright love it.
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I just read about a study that claims it doesn’t burn many calories at all. It is still hard as hell.
[quote]Edders wrote:
Why is this a surprise to anyone? Every time anything Christian is mentioned in school some wacko steps up and hires a lawyer. Now a fringe faction of the Christian population has done the same thing.
Big deal.[/quote]
Exactly. This is just a backlash.
[quote]ElbowStrike wrote:
The program is probably meant to expose obese children to a variety of activities in hopes that they will get “hooked” on one that interests them.
As for Yoga, it is an inherently secular spiritual practice as nobody “converts” to Yoga. People of any religion can practice the most spiritual aspects of yoga without giving up any of their religious beliefs.
Besides, there is a mountain of scientific evidence that the breathing exercises and meditation are ridiculously good for you.
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=525379
Despite that, the article clearly states:
“But school board chair Caroline Neilsen said the yoga is being taught as a stretching exercise, not as a spiritual practice.”
GASP
How dare they make those good, Christian chillin’s STRETCH after exercise!? How DARE they! What’s next? BREATHING exercises!? Heresy!
If those parents want the next generation of religious fanatics to stop breathing, that’s fine by me. 
– ElbowStrike[/quote]
I’m sorry, but how in the hell was this massive necropost necessary?
FINISH HIM!
Religious Nuts > Atheist Nuts in both numbers and craziness.
FATALITY