week 7

This week we practice Sivananda yoga. Out of all the practices we tried so far I think I'm gravitating towards this practice more. I liked dhow you would do some positions and then have a moment of rest. The resting part is a big plus for me. I like to do yoga as a relaxing "exercise", although there were handstands to be done, you can always modify just like I did. After the vigorous postures a relaxing breathing minute was much needed.

This weeks theme was yoga as a lifestyle and culture. "Yoga has made a transition from "traditional culture" to "counter culture" to "pop culture" here in the West. What have you observed about yoga that firmly establishes it as "pop culture"?" Of course yoga as established into "pop culture". Every social media outlet advertises yoga as a young hip exercise. If you do yoga and post it on social media you're automatically better looking than the girl who doesn't do yoga. Many people who do yoga today do it for the wrong reasons. Most of them just go so they can wear the super cute outfits and stretch. Yoga to me is something more. I go to let go, I go to have a peace of mind for 90 minutes, I go to seek help from my anxieties. Yoga does a lot of good much more than just getting more likes on your photo.