| Have you ever felt like you were visiting "Bizarro | | | | the west, most of the public has still not attended a |
| World" or some sort of parallel universe? On a rare | | | | Hatha Yoga class because they picture it only as a |
| occasion, you may get a chance to hear a unique | | | | form of physical exercise. |
| opinion about Yoga. Listening is always a chance to | | | | Fear of exercise, and the possibility of becoming |
| learn something new. | | | | healthier, as a result, are their "logical reasons" for |
| Some of my best memories are of listening to people | | | | staying away from Yoga. After all, it is better to spend |
| talk about the benefits of Yoga; but recently, I had a | | | | a few twenties on a carton of cigarettes or a stack |
| chance to overhear a conversation about how | | | | of scratch tickets than to improve your life. Who |
| self-centered Yogis are. This person's point of view is | | | | wants to make a change toward healthier living, |
| an interesting one, even if you do not agree with it. | | | | happiness, lower stress levels, and possibly losing |
| Apparently, this gentleman felt that Yoga was part of | | | | some weight, due to a lifestyle change? |
| a self-indulgence wave that has swept the Earth. All | | | | Let's address the issue of selfishness again. There |
| of the time that Yoga practitioners spend meditating, | | | | seems to be some confusion about what constitutes |
| practicing asana (Yoga posture), and practicing | | | | selfishness. If someone willingly chooses to be |
| Pranayama (Yogic breathing), appeared to him as if it | | | | negligent, in all matters of his or her health maintenance |
| was a form of self-love. | | | | - that is selfishness. |
| As his theory goes, all of this self-love, over indulgence, | | | | To live an unhealthy life, in complete disregard to the |
| and basic selfishness, has created an evil "New Age | | | | concerns of loved ones, family members, and friends, |
| Movement" that is confused and has no direction. Well, | | | | is self-centered - not to mention, the drain one |
| upon listening further, this gentleman revealed that he | | | | voluntarily puts on the rising cost of health insurance. In |
| has never practiced Yoga, but he was very sure | | | | contrast, if you are taking care of your health, you are |
| about it. | | | | making everyone else's life easier. |
| Unfortunately, people do not always think for | | | | Yoga can create healthiness and happiness. In turn, this |
| themselves. They may be parroting an opinion that is | | | | makes a more pleasant world for all of us. Healthiness |
| not based on fact, but they heard it "somewhere." In | | | | and happiness are gifts for the world to share. |