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Alright, what kind of yoga are we talking about, here? The "stretch until your back pops and eyes bug-out" yoga, the "breath in all sorts of weird patterns until you pass out yoga", or the "spiritual, cleanse yourself with diet and meditation" kind?
I took a class that was a mix of all three in a way. The stretching was wonderful, but the breathing exercises and spiritual stuff was...a little weird. We were also instructed to eat vegan for a solid two weeks, which was not advertised in the initial offering. I didn't have much of a problem going along with that, but the self-induced hyperventilating was so creepy. Yes, it did relax me in the end, but it wasn't something I felt comfortable doing, nor did it feel very safe.
It depends, I think, on the instructor and type of yoga and I have no idea what the differences are in all of them. I was simply hoping to un-telescope my spine a bit, but instead I got a lesson in the art of oxygen deprivation and CO2 overdoses.
Not my thing.
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