I just wanted to acknowledge the fact that I am giving the now infamous New York Times article, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body, the silent treatment.
Because I think it’s stupid.
There have been many deep and thoughtful response articles and that’s great. I will lift my Cone of Silence just to say this:
If it’s news to you that you can injure yourself doing yoga, you are an idiot.
12,000 people die every year from walking down stairs, but that doesn’t mean stairs are bad for people. Just be careful on the stairs, jackass.
My goodness, yoga community – we do love our flash-in-the-pan, feather-ruffling stories. We are barely beyond the fact that Lululemon is obsessed with Ayn Rand and then it was Briohny Smyth in her underwear and now this?
(I will take a moment to comment on Briohny Smyth. To me, yoga is about truth and beauty, and this is truly a beautiful thing to watch. What makes her so sexy is her confidence and ability; she could be doing this in a nun’s habit and still be totally hot. So, maybe you critics should just shove your objections that yoginis should show restraint in matters of sex and admit you are just wildly jealous that you can’t get into lotus while doing a handstand.)
Can’t we go back to the good old days when we were all just aflutter that Lady Gaga did Bikram?
Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.
~Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois
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Excellent post for restoring balanced perceptions, eh? Not every body is made for yoga… but we be stupid people in competitive society!
Seriously, I’m glad I found this article, read the links, and so on. It gave great food for thought, and as I’m at a transitioning point in my life (52+), I found a lot of good information to ponder.
How many times have I overstretched? Never, never, never more than 567 times in my lifetime practice.
Good for you for posting such a balanced perspective.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! There really is a lot to think about there. Thanks so much for reading!
LOL – loved this. If we could just remember to adapt the practice to our bodies, not the other way around. Sigh.
“If we could just remember to adapt the practice to our bodies, not the other way around.” <— That is SO true. But then we would have to truly accept our bodies as they are right now – that can be a big challenge. Easier to blame the practice! Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting!
I love this post. 🙂 I laughed out loud thinking about all the silly yoga controversies. For being the silent meditative types, we do like to stir things up, don’t we?!
Thanks so much! It’s a little counter-intuitive isn’t it?? I’m so glad you came by!
Yoga harming people? Seriously? What’s happening to this world?
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It is so about the practice and I loved the Briohny video….she rocks and is sexy and beautiful, with grace and commitment to her practice.
I absolutely agree!