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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Indian here, and I have done yoga for decades as have my parents and grandparents.  The whole yoga craze and commodification in the West is just a bit...much.  For one, this was a *free* thing that people did for centuries (maybe millenia). In fact, most of the Hindu temples in the DMV *still* run completely free yoga classes (and you don't have to "belong" to the temple - anyone is welcome and I see non Indians there all the time). Will the people there be doing yoga in 105 degree temperature in Lululemon? No of course not. What's more there are plenty of excellent free videos online. It seems a waste to pay for a yoga class, let alone for a private instructor.

Sorry I don't mean to be rude but I can only say such things in an anonymous forum. I keep mum when my non Indian friends go to hot yoga with goats in candlelight or whatever. It's their money. [/quote]

This is OP and I appreciate your perspective.  It drives me crazy how athleticized and whitewashed yoga is in the US, along with a worship of the perfect body.  Very un-yogic.

I teach gentle/restorative yoga and emphasize breathing and meditation, and teach in a trauma-informed way.  My nonprofit was devoted to bringing yoga to underserved populations, annd I was able to work with disabled veterans and older populations. I know a lot of American studios are very ableist and looks/aesthetics focused.
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Indian pp here. See even your response is very white washed - you only know yoga in upper middle class white liberal circles. How screwed up is it that that's the norm. For a decade I attended yoga with my dad with Parkinson's at the temple. My 90 year old grandmother was doing it (within the constraints of her ability).This is not an ableist form of exercise. It was inherently designed this way, to accommodate everyone and it's part and parcel of a larger spiritual practice (Hinduism) that people here want to just ignore. It would literally be unHindu (traditionally) to take payment for this - everything would be donation based.

I would highly recommend that people stop shelling out $20-25/lesson and just go to a Hindu temple - most have classes on Sat and Sun mornings. The people there actually know what they are doing despite lacking a "certification" (maybe decades of daily practice has something to do with it??). Also noone is going to try to convert you because you cannot technically convert and even atheism is not contradictory to being a Hindu. I'd avoid Hare Krishna though.[/quote]

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