Yoga is bizarre to me as well op. I don’t get it.

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t know yoga was a a religion. To the uninitiated, it seems like exercise. Good to know.

A religion? No, it’s not a religion.

Anonymous wrote:Yoga is beyond just the asanas. If all you’re looking for is a physical experience then find another hobby. Yoga is not just physical exercise, that is only one component of it and actually the smallest, least significant component.

Try CrossFit.

Agree. You don’t understand yoga and you don’t have to, OP. But it’s not just exercise. So if the spiritual part bothers you, yoga as a whole is not for you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yoga is beyond just the asanas. If all you’re looking for is a physical experience then find another hobby. Yoga is not just physical exercise, that is only one component of it and actually the smallest, least significant component.

Try CrossFit.

+1 I was thinking boxing might be better for the OP. Get some anger out.

I do Crossfit but do yoga for the meditative aspect, not for fitness. OP, use yoga as part of your exercise routine but to get really fit, you need to be doing something else.

You don’t like the meditation aspect of yoga and you get annoyed when the teacher corrects your posture?

What exactly do you like about yoga??!??

Anonymous wrote:Yoga is beyond just the asanas. If all you’re looking for is a physical experience then find another hobby. Yoga is not just physical exercise, that is only one component of it and actually the smallest, least significant component.

Try CrossFit.

+1 I was thinking boxing might be better for the OP. Get some anger out.

Yoga is beyond just the asanas. If all you’re looking for is a physical experience then find another hobby. Yoga is not just physical exercise, that is only one component of it and actually the smallest, least significant component.

Try CrossFit.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Pilates would be a better choice.

You might not have the right mindset for yoga, if even the yoga teachers are annoying to you.

Maybe Pilates would be a better choice.

I didn’t know yoga was a a religion. To the uninitiated, it seems like exercise. Good to know.

Yoga teacher here, and I hear you. I am glad I received my yoga teacher training at such a grounded place - we received instruction on how to avoid falling into using “yoga voice,” which it seems you are well-acquainted with.

There are teachers out there who will present a class of physical postures and nothing more, but that is not yoga. Yoga literally means “to yoke,” and its mission is to integrate mind, body, and spirit. It might do you well to accept these other aspects of yoga. After all, the physical practice of yoga was developed to strengthen and train the body so it could maintain long periods of sitting still for meditation.

A serious instructor should explain to you what yoga is supposed to do, which is meditation in motion.

Please stop going to yoga classes. Sign up for Pilates instead.

Anonymous wrote:I was just listening to a podcast and they were commenting how they don't understand how some yoga teachers treat it as just exercise and nothing else.

Exactly.

OP, talking about someone’s vacation is one thing, but yoga is not Pilates or just another exercise routine. It’s a religious, meditative experience. If you’re not on board with that, go do something else to gain the same physical benefits.

I was just listening to a podcast and they were commenting how they don't understand how some yoga teachers treat it as just exercise and nothing else.

I don’t want to watch you do all kinds of weird handstands only a gymnast can do. I don’t want to hear about chakras and why inversions are good or bad at this time of the month. I especially don’t want to be “adjusted “ ie touched and repositioned by the teacher- get your hands off me please for crying out loud! I don’t want to hear your narrative commentary about woo-woo poems or pseudo religious pondering, or anything else like that! I just want a good hard Vinyasa flow session with no chitchat. Why do all of the teachers use the spotlight to just blabber on and on?? I’m there to exercise! I love yoga because it makes me stronger, improves balance and flexibility, and nothing melts the fat like a hard yoga practice either. So why does yoga come with all of this nonsense?? And if you even so much as mention for the billionth time your next retreat in Greece, I am outta there!!

Anyone recommend a good hard athletic class with a serious instructor? Or a studio of this type?

If you are a yoga teacher please explain this silly showboating...? We lose at least 15 mins out of a one hour class with your “third eye breath in/breath out” bs.

*I realize this is not really a REAL problem but anyway... namaste.