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The idea of kindergartners sitting in lotus position has gotten several Catholic school parents all tied in knots. (Bad News).


The idea of kindergartners sitting in lotus position has gotten several Catholic school parents all tied in knots. Their complaints that yoga yoga (yō`gə) [Skt.,=union], general term for spiritual disciplines in Hinduism, Buddhism, and throughout S Asia that are directed toward attaining higher consciousness and liberation from ignorance, suffering, and rebirth.  during physical education classes was promoting Hinduism or even a form of mind control resulted in the cancellation of the classes at St. Angela Merici An·gel·a Me·ri·ci   , Saint 1474-1540.

Italian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Ursuline order (1535).
 School in Owensboro, Kentucky Owensboro is the third largest city in Kentucky and the county seat of Daviess County.GR6 It is located on U.S. Highway 60 about 32 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. .

Not all parents shared that concern. Drew Augenstein, whose 6-year-old daughter was in the class, said it got blown out of proportion.

Yoga is a "good way for stretching and relaxation," Augenstein told the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer newspaper. "Heck heck  
interj.
Used as a mild oath.

n. Slang
Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck.



[Alteration of hell.
, I ought to be doing it myself."
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Date:May 1, 2002
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