Bold words, Catherine! To think that Westerners would distort other genuinely spiritual and whole practices from cultures they merely curate from for profit, intimacy, or therapy though... Unpatriotic heresy. And yet they line up...
Hilarious! Another one to hate: baby yoga. I remember being in a hip London neighborhood with 30 (!!!) other new moms and their crying babies --and of course mine -- crammed in a room, using the yoga mat at times to change my son's nappy. The instructor said, "now close your eyes and focus on the calmness"....
I thoroughly enjoyed this, and found lots of validation in it! Even Yoga x 1 person (myself) leaves me kind of groaning and whimpering at how inflexible I am! I can't imagine subjecting another person to my Yoga failures, much less the other cringe stuff you mentioned.
It’s not too surprising to see the ratio of “compliance/comfort” to be higher than it seems. The power of a crowd on not only our opinions but our acquiescence suggests, as it always has, that maybe there oughta be some pushback to so-called conventions and consensus. Just imagine a place where…
Bold words, Catherine! To think that Westerners would distort other genuinely spiritual and whole practices from cultures they merely curate from for profit, intimacy, or therapy though... Unpatriotic heresy. And yet they line up...
I will NEVER do partner yoga. Ugh. I hate any kind of partner workout. Just let me do my thing on my own. LOL
Hilarious! Another one to hate: baby yoga. I remember being in a hip London neighborhood with 30 (!!!) other new moms and their crying babies --and of course mine -- crammed in a room, using the yoga mat at times to change my son's nappy. The instructor said, "now close your eyes and focus on the calmness"....
I thoroughly enjoyed this, and found lots of validation in it! Even Yoga x 1 person (myself) leaves me kind of groaning and whimpering at how inflexible I am! I can't imagine subjecting another person to my Yoga failures, much less the other cringe stuff you mentioned.
OMG - YES - I won't do partner yoga either. How disgusting.
I appreciated this essay so much! Thank you 🙏🏻
I hate it, too! Thank you! I thought it was just me being weird.
This story belongs in "Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path." C.Zweig
Creepy, for sure
It’s not too surprising to see the ratio of “compliance/comfort” to be higher than it seems. The power of a crowd on not only our opinions but our acquiescence suggests, as it always has, that maybe there oughta be some pushback to so-called conventions and consensus. Just imagine a place where…