In a shocking development from the UK, St. Andrew\u2019s in Dibden won\u2019t allow an elderly grandmother to teach yoga on its premises on the grounds that yoga has its roots in Hinduism.<\/p>\n
What is the matter with this church, one wonders? Where is its sense of inclusion, of diversity, of being \u201cspiritual but not religious\u201d, of there being many ways to the Father? Entirely absent, it seems: if I lived in Dibden, I would attend St. Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n THE Anglican Church has been dragged into the yoga controversy \u2013 by banning an 81-year- old Christian fitness instructor from holding classes at a Hampshire church hall.<\/p>\n Despite being retired for more than 20 years, Eileen Meegan tirelessly teaches yoga for four hours a week \u2013 making sure pensioners socialise, keep supple and are de-stressed.<\/p>\n But the Daily Echo can today reveal that St Andrew\u2019s C of E Church in Dibden Purlieu has banned her classes from its premises.<\/p>\n It joins the Roman Catholic St Edmund\u2019s Church in Southampton which banned yoga teacher Cori Withell from its hall, saying her classes were not compatible with the Catholic faith.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a shocking development from the UK, St. Andrew\u2019s in Dibden won\u2019t allow an elderly grandmother to teach yoga on its premises on the grounds that yoga has its roots in Hinduism. What is the matter with this church, one … Continue reading