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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t know yoga was a a religion. To the uninitiated, it seems like exercise. Good to know.[/quote]

I find it fairly astonishing you could be this ignorant, but ok:

Yoga is a thousands-year old practice that is a key part of Buddhist and Hindu traditions. It did NOT start as an exercise. It started as a way to strengthen one's mind and body to prepare for meditation--and as part of meditation--to achieve the religious goal of mindfulness and, eventually, escape from the cycle of rebirth (aka nirvana).

Why do you think yoga studios pretty much all have Buddha statues and Om symbols in them? Why do you think yoga instructors use Sanskrit terms like "savasana" or "namaste"? It's not just for fun.[/quote]

So they can sound special and in the clique?  If it is a religion why do I have to spend money to be in, sounds like a cult.  I love yoga and if you want take to a spiritual level I will not be grudge you.  But let’s face 99% of the people there are there to relax, build their core and tighten their butt.  [/quote]

Some of us actually believe in it. You're viewing this in a really cynical way.

No one's asking you to pay your way into a religion. The yoga studios themselves aren't religions; they are simply charging you for the experience of someone guiding you in yoga, which is--at its heart--a spiritual practice. There's nothing in Buddhism or Hinduism that requires payment for anything. You can do yoga--and attain enlightenment--in your own home without interacting with a single other human being.

If you want to have a non-religious experience there, that's fine, but if you disparage what yoga actually is, please go elsewhere because your attitude is frankly offensive. You'll get the same health benefits from pilates or other core classes at your local gym. [/quote]

There are definitely many different 'flavors' of yoga, but yoga is a meditational practice with movement.  For me, I like that it is about calming your mind, being focused, AND about moving your body, which can provide good stretching and strengthening, and sometimes cardio if the class is fast-paced.

I do think that yoga classes can vary a lot by the instructor.  That may be part of the challenge in finding a yoga class that suits the pacing and style you would like.  I have NOT had instructors who 'show off';  in fact, I have been impressed that many instructors regularly talk about and model different levels of practice, conveying that everyone should work to their own intelligent edge (ie, push yourself a bit, but where that line is is different for different people).  Some people can bend and reach their knee, or their ankle, or hands flat on the floor, and wherever you are is fine for you.  [/quote]

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