This article originally appeared in Forbes.

Add another item to the list of things that are now offensive on college campuses: free yoga.

Campus controversies and protests are gaining attention across the country this fall. At Yale, students are upset about a residential college administrator suggesting students might want to decide their own Halloween costumes. On the other coast, a Berkeley housing co-op established “safe space” guidelines, such as avoiding “judgement,” any “expectation to conform” and “using exclusive language.” Safe spaces and trigger warnings, to avoid potentially offensive information, are proliferating.

Now some of our neighbors to the north are joining in.

Since 2008, the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Students with Disabilities has been offering free yoga to students. The Centre has now canceled the program for a surprising reason: cultural appropriation.

A student representative of the Centre informed the yoga teacher that her services were no longer wanted:

Yoga has been under a lot of controversy lately due to how it is being practiced and what practices from what cultures (which are often sacred spiritual practices) they are being taken from. Many of these cultures are cultures that have experienced oppression, cultural genocide and diasporas due to colonialism and western supremacy, and we need to be mindful of this and how we express ourselves and while practicing yoga.

Instructor Jennifer Scharf offered to reformat the class to remove all “yoga-ness” and just focus on stretching. But that was not enough. Her offer was denied and the class was canceled. Disabled students on campus now have one less option for exercise.

This might seem like a small story at a distant university. And individually, one class cut here, new safe space guidelines adopted there or a resignation of just one administrator might not appear to be much.

But this is all part of a larger trend—one that is fundamentally changing college life. This all adds up to a new way of thinking, or non-thinking, taking over our universities. Universities are fostering an environment where students are no longer taught how to think, exercise judgment and communicate, particularly if they encounter views or information that they find offensive.

Instead, a protective bubble is being blown up around students. While that may make for a safe and non-stressful four years on campus, it does not prepare students for life or a world that is not one big safe space. Whether they like it or not, students will have to encounter ideas and practices that they may find offensive, be it yoga or an impolitic costume.

What is particularly ironic about the University of Ottawa’s move is that the same people who want to end yoga would probably benefit from some yoga to calm them down and soothe their souls. Unfortunately, some Canadian students, and perhaps more down the road, will no longer have that option.