Pros & Cons: Should yoga be an Olympic sport? YES
Shanon Buffington in a reclined butterfly pose at a Yoga center in Coppell, Texas.As long as they include Shavasana in the list of required poses, I'm all for it!
Anything that inspires more people to learn about and practice yoga is a good thing.
The potential benefits of Olympic yoga are so great that it's worth the risk of some people adopting a 'corrupt' competitive view of it.
Showcasing yoga will be a great way to encourage people to learn more about yoga generally.
The sort of role model notoriety that the yoga Olympians will receive has the potential to add cache to the practice.
I can appreciate the desires of those who want to restrict yoga from the Olympics because they feel it is non competitive at its heart, as I believe as well. But the practice of yoga has already withstood the test of time, and the benefits of bringing more widespread recognition to yoga and some of its very accomplished practitioners outweigh any risks to the purity of the practice.
By Steve Trutane
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