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Bikram Choudhury Sued for Sexual Harassment, Sex-Based Discrimination

Bikram Choudhury Sued for Sexual Harassment, Sex-Based Discrimination

Bikram Choudhury has been sued for sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment, YD has learned and we have obtained the court documents. Because of his perpetual state of sued-ness it’s easy to brush off yet another lawsuit against Bikram with an eye roll. And we’re tired of hearing bad news, too. [...]

by × March 21, 2013 × 39 comments

Lawsuit-asana, World News

Swiss High Court Rules Against Parents in Kindergarten Yoga Case

Swiss High Court Rules Against Parents in Kindergarten Yoga Case

Meanwhile in Zurich, Switzerland: The high court has ruled that parents of a kindergartener overreacted when they claimed their son’s school yoga class was interfering with their Christian beliefs. See? The Swiss, which we might have assumed would remain rather balanced on the issue, are just like us and go [...]

by × March 7, 2013 × 2 comments

Kids Yoga, Lawsuit-asana, News

Third graders at Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School do the Triangle pose during one of their bi-weekly yoga classes, Dec. 18, 2012. (photo: Kyla Calvert)

Parents Step Up and Sue Encinitas School District Over Yoga Program

The battle over free yoga taught in an Encinitas school district just went from ugly threat to uglier lawsuit. If you’ve been following along you know that a small group of conservative parents with evangelical Christian roots were up in arms over a twice-weekly taught yoga class at the ironically [...]

by × February 21, 2013 × 48 comments

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Yoga Student Suing Hilaria Baldwin for Negligence Busted as Overzealous Handstander, Says Witness, Alec Baldwin

Yoga Student Suing Hilaria Baldwin for Negligence Busted as Overzealous Handstander, Says Witness, Alec Baldwin

Is the student suing yoga teacher Hilaria Baldwin, Alec Baldwin’s wife, one of those obnoxious and dogged handstand guys who just have to kick up even when the teacher tells him not to? Possibly, and yes it sounds like it, according to a witness.

by × February 20, 2013 × 18 comments

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Student Sues Hilaria Baldwin, Alec Baldwin’s Wife, For ‘Emotional Upset’ In Yoga Class

Student Sues Hilaria Baldwin, Alec Baldwin’s Wife, For ‘Emotional Upset’ In Yoga Class

Uh oh. Is suing yoga teachers the new suing fast food chains? Who’s to blame? Yoga teacher Hilaria Baldwin, who also happens to be the newly pregnant wife of actor Alec, is being sued for ‘negligence’ among other things, the NY Daily News reports. According to the papers filed in [...]

by × February 16, 2013 × 69 comments