The number of U.S. children age 4 to 17 practicing yoga rose from 2.3% to 8.4% – or from 1.3 million to 4.9 million – between 2007 and 2017, federal data show. The number of children meditating rose to 3.1 million during the same period.
The rise is due in part to more yoga and mindfulness programs being established in America's schools. A 2015 study found three dozen different yoga organizations offering yoga programs in 940 K-12 schools.
Yoga and mindfulness could become the fourth "R" of public education. But up for debate is whether the "R" in this case stands for relaxation or religion.
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