YOGA LIVES
TOCCOA, Ga. (AP) September 10, 1990. Officials decided Monday that yoga isn't so devilish after all.
During a special meeting Monday night that drew about 100 spectators, members of the Toccoa City Commission, the Stephens County Commission and the county recreation board decided they would allow yoga enthusiasts to practice their
exercises in a county recreation center. But in an attempt to appease those in this small northeast Georgia town who
believe yoga is a form of devil worship, the yoga classes will won't be sponsored by the county or funded with tax dollars.
The move reversed a decision last week to cancel a class after some residents complained.
Phillip Lawrence, a local chiropractor who has led the fight against yoga, said last week those who practice it are opening the door to the devil. "The people who are signed up for the class are just walking into to it like cattle to a slaughter," he said last week. "Half of yoga is a branch of Eastern mysticism, and it has strong occult influences."
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