Talk:Yoga in Sweden

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Yoga in Sweden

I had seen this statement regarding yoga practice in Sweden which is "From 2012 there has been an ongoing debate in Sweden about whether yoga may be taught in schools, as religious instruction is forbidden in the state schooling system."

Yoga is not seen as a religious practice at all. It is spiritual and is a form of flexibility and relaxation. Yoga purely concentrates on the mind and improving health and wellbeing. I don't know where this debate of it being religious came from. Sweden is a secular country - it only separates religion in politics and law. It does not forbid any religious matters for this would go against what secularism is.

There is a vast difference between religion and spiritual. Spiritual is mostly about focusing on your inner mind and strength. Religion is a following which abides by certain rules, which Spirituality does not have. Could someone please explain this statement above? MountainLaurel88 (talk) 11:55, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input. Firstly, the statement is cited and reflects what actually happened in Sweden: it is not an editorial opinion in any way (so perhaps that's your entire answer). Secondly, yoga (writ large) is a strand of what the West calls Hinduism and can certainly be called religious; it is modern postural yoga that is often or perhaps mainly secular. Perhaps the tangle between the two had something to do with the Swedish debate. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]