Judge Sentences Man To Yoga For Hitting Wife

[jamesglewisf]

http://www.local6.com/news/2787816/detail.htmlHOUSTON -- Yoga is the sentence for a Houston man convicted of slapping his wife.

James Lee Cross has been ordered to take a yoga class as part of his year-long probation. Judge Larry Standley says yoga should help Cross with his anger management. Standley is noted for his creative sentencing.Isn't this a separation of church and state issue?

Definition of Yoga from Dictionary.com: A Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity.How on earth can a judge make a guy go to some class based on the Hindu religion?

[Grimey]

You're joking, right?

[theyeti]

:D Interesting punishment, but I'm not quite sure I can make the connection between yoga and spousal abuse... I think yoga would just make me angry that I've never been flexible! :-)

I'd bet that 95% of people who do yoga have no clue it has anything to do with Hinduism... it's been so Americanized.

[Alec]

Most of the people who are really into yogo spend a lot of time talking about the spiritual aspects of it, in my experience.