The Ultimate Yoga Betrayal

Oh my.  You studied this yoga method 20 years ago.  You've taken classes in another yoga method and even another and another.  One day you slip up in your current yoga class and do a pose from another class.  You’re exposed.  That teacher knows and she doesn’t like it.  Woops.  She makes sure all your classmates know.

Most teachers don’t care if you’ve shopped around or even if you go to classes with your friends that are taught in different yoga methods.  Some teachers are avid, loyal, devotees to one method and only their method.  Your teacher’s found out and maybe even investigated.  You are cast off her yoga in list.  You’ve studied with other teachers from other yoga methods and even worse you don’t just practice the “classical poses.”

Hey!  Isn’t yoga about what supports and helps you?

You enjoyed your Hatha yoga class 20 years ago and you still do those poses.  They feel good for you.  Today those poses are a part of you.  You really enjoyed taking classes from Indian teachers and they kicked your butt.  That Guru you studied with taught you the most powerful fire breath you’ll ever do in your life.

Remember that hip intensive.  What a weekend!  You were in better shape then and it was intense.  Ten years later you still do those poses you learned that weekend but they are easy now.  Those hip poses became a part of you.

How gentle and supportive was your Kundalini yoga class?  The meditation at the end was powerful.  Where did you go in your mind?  Was it a past life event?  The bullet was coming at you and you wanted to see where it hit you but your Kundalini Yoga teacher gently ended the meditation.  Yoga memories live on.

Have you reached out to learn a new yoga method because of research?  You read about how that yoga method could better help you.  You did it just because of the research not because of the certain method or teacher.  

The National Institute of Health is studying the benefits of yoga and has published their findings.  The government has also done studies.  Eric Small, an Iyengar Yoga teacher, with his yoga studio in Beverly Hills, assisted with a study at an Oregon University.  Research abounds in the yoga field and you could discover more about yoga and its’ benefits and how it can help you through reading research.

No matter what you do in yoga remember it’s about you and it’s for you – to support you.

If you commit the ultimate yoga betrayal and study multiple methods and choose to practice yoga from different yoga teachers and methods that work for you, you’ve supported you.  Ultimately yoga is for you and to help you.