Unitarian Universalists to meet Sunday
The Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris will present “The Spirit of Mutual Love” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive.
Participants will consider their covenants with each other. For more information, visit www.durangouu.org.
Orthodoxy 101 class to meet Wednesdays
An Orthodoxy 101 class will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday through Dec. 17 at the Durango Coffee Co., 730 Main Ave..
Participants will discuss Eastern Orthodox Christian spirituality.
For more information, call (719) 237-6122 or email FrBenjamin.Huggins@gmail.com.
School drops yoga on religious grounds
VIENNA – An Austrian primary school has dropped yoga classes for children after a mother argued that yoga goes against Christian teachings.
Yoga teacher Ingrid Karner says she was told to stop classes at the school in the southeastern village of Dechantskirchen after a complaint “that it’s not allowed, according to the Bible.”
School principal Maria Hofer told the Die Kleine Zeitung newspaper that no parents complained when courses started this year. But she says they were stopped after the unidentified mother said even the word “yoga ... had negative effects.”
School inspector Helga Thomann says schools should not offer anything linked to “esoteric” practices.
Yoga has its origins in Hinduism and Buddhism. While some forms retain strong links with those religions, others have become widely accepted as physical and mental therapy.
Herald Staff & Associated Press
