Some study participants noted that when yoga was initially introduced at EUSD, it included cultural artifacts, such as Sanskrit language, mandalas, Hindu stories,
prayer mudra (i.e. bringing hands together at one's heart), and a poster that outlined the eight limbs of yoga from Patanjali's yoga sutras.
While Sanskrit language, mandalas, and
prayer mudras might be so common in our lives that we don't perceive them as anything out of the ordinary, we need to be mindful of the fact that it is practically guaranteed that school community members, including parents, will have experiences that are different from ours.