Inappropriate? Yes AND No.

[birdofparadox]

Originally published at Shockra. You can comment here or there.

Yogadork recently wrote about how Yoga Journal caught heat from the Universal Society of Hinduism’s Rajan Zed. Zed took great umbrage with their satirical “Ogden: Inappropriate Yoga Guy” web series. To be sure, Ogden is a caricature of all the worst you’ll find in modern yoga: a creepy

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[aubkabob]

My first quarter of yoga was filled with self-development and expansion of my inner peace. I'm quite sad that there is so much going on during my 2nd quarter that I can't give it the attention it deserves.

I had a sneaky suspicion that this was going to be a difficult quarter, though at the time, I had thought it would have been only because of how many classes I booked. I was able to look at yoga as my ME hour, the time that I was not allowed to focus on anything other than self discovery and emotional recuperation. Alas, that was the first class that was neglected, and then I wasn't able to go at all.

I'm beyond thankful for the instructor that I have, that she is so much more of the "zen" type instead of the "workout until your ears bleed, BURN THOSE CALORIES" type. I've learned so much from her beyond just a beautiful and wonderful way to keep myself strong and centered.

A mantra that I repeat to myself during our last 5 to 10 minutes (meditating) is "Only me. Only here. Only now." with each breath.

It's also fascinating to take the class alongside a human biology class. It's extremely interesting to learn how the body works as you're learning how the body feels.