ohmygosh last week the New York Times brought 'em out of the woodwork with a food column featuring vegan recipes; this week, it's: "yoga can be bad for you!"...something like 750,+ comments...! Similar to the food issues, many people think they have the answers...Everyone's got a mat and a pair of leggings...!
Here I thought yoga was something I could practice (and I said practice, not excel -- just "do" and "be") and now this alarmist article warns me not to stand on head or crack spine.
(Ehrm...shall try to avoid...)
Really, if someone as strongly aspirational and at the same time utterly un-athletic and non-talented as myself can follow yoga videos (mid-first-millenium-decade) and drawings on sheet from magazine (now) and not get "injured" it's difficult to realistically see any danger.
(At first, thought -- Oh No! Another thing am not supposed to Do! And like Pooh when he got the honey jar stuck on his head, thought, "Bother!" and "Oh, help!")
But then, think -- just another yo-yo selling books.
...Yoga teachers might not approve of Frost / Nixon DVD as accompaniment to my Yoga poses -- with Frank Langella (as Nixon) saying, "The thing that makes life worth living is a fight! A battle, a struggle! Hell--even if ya don't win..." but everyone has own path to Relaxation and Higher Consciousness....
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