Does doing yoga make you a Hindu?

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Ian Pegler
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Does doing yoga make you a Hindu?

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from the BBC...
Does doing yoga make you a Hindu?

For many people, the main concern in a yoga class is whether they are breathing correctly or their legs are aligned. But for others, there are lingering doubts about whether they should be there at all, or whether they are betraying their religion.
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Re: Does doing yoga make you a Hindu?

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Ya never know. Perhaps laying on a sunbed could turn you into a Hindu or, if you fall asleep and forget to turn it off, a Rastafarian.
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Nowt so strange as folks.
"I am grateful for the joy I felt when my hamstrings opened,"
I would be too.
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Re: Does doing yoga make you a Hindu?

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In short, No

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