The Co-Opting of Yoga

I came across two things yesterday that made me throw up a little bit in my mouth and also made me realize how thankful I was to have found Ashtanga yoga 14 months ago. It's pretty sickening all of the co-opting of yoga that's going on here in the west and all for the sake of making a quick buck.

The first was a link posted on Leaping Lanka's blog about a "Yoga Rave" brought to you by everyone's favorite athletic and lifestyle brand. I refuse to post the link here hence the link to the other blog.

The second is this article from Yoga Journal about Fred Segal and VIP yoga classes.

I'll be back to my regularly scheduled programming shortly but I'll leave you with this PMS + yoga = terrible combination and that pretty much sums up my practice this week. 

Unexpected Visitors

I haven't practiced since Wednesday due to the unexpected early arrival of the ladies holiday. I actually woke up at my usual time on Thursday, debated whether or not to go to the shala, put on my clothes and then promptly crawled back into bed. When I do miss practice, the first day usually isn't so bad and it kind of feels a little bit like playing hooky from school. However, I find that there is a direct correlation between doing my daily practice and my ability to cope in a corporate environment. I didn't make it to the shala again this morning and by the second day of missing practice I'm all antsy and spastic and counting down the minutes until I can get back on the mat. Even though tomorrow is a Saturday and happens to be a moon day as well I think I'm going to try out a non-Ashtanga class at my studio. We'll see how that goes.