Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools - 9781469648484

Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public SchoolsReforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion?\nAuthor(s): Candy Gunther Brown\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469648484, 978-1469648484\nSynopsis\nYoga and mindfulness activities, with roots in Asian traditions such as Hinduism or Buddhism, have been brought into growing numbers of public schools since the 1970s. While they are commonly assumed to be secular educational tools, Candy Gunther Brown asks whether religion is truly left out of the equation in the context of public-school curricula. An expert witness in four legal challenges, Brown scrutinized unpublished trial records, informant interviews, and legal precedents, as well as insider documents, some revealing promoters of \""\""Vedic victory\""\"" or \""\""stealth Buddhism\""\"" for public-school kids. The legal challenges are fruitful cases for Brown's analysis .