Yoga classes in San Diego parks and beaches can continue.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday unanimously rejected a request to reconsider a previous court ruling which concluded the city’s ordinance banning yoga classes in public places was unconstitutional.

Earlier this year, a three-judge panel had ruled yoga classes are protected by the First Amendment. However, all judges on the Ninth Circuit have now rejected a city petition to rehear the case with a larger panel of judges, known as an en banc hearing.

In its ruling this week, the court found that public yoga in outdoor places falls within the Constitution’s First Amendment protecting fundamental freedoms including religion, speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

San Diego initially imp

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