Yoga - It is not just laying your legs in your neck! - Misconceptions..

"Oh you do yoga every day?.. I can't do that, I am not a sporty person and I can't lay my legs in my neck.. You must be able to bend yourself in different ways!.. Oh yoga, you do that? How exciting!" "But I want to know what type of yoga you do, so I know if it is the same"

People! Listen! Stop these type of comments! Sometimes I feel there are some misconceptions about yoga. Yoga is not standing on your head or bend yourself in different ways. Yes, there is a lot of bending, but yoga can be practiced with very simple postures. And about yoga being a sexy and hot thing to watch.. well I would say, start practicing it yourself.

I feel all these super thin women (mostly women) who do the most acrobatic things at beautiful places, might do yoga, but it is not the real thing for me. You can make it your sport, but that is not the primary purpose of yoga. Yoga for me is about quieting my mind and increasing focus, full focus on what my body does and feels, paying attention to every detail, and with that becoming a stronger person physically and mentally. There is bending of the body, but if I wanted, I can practice yoga in a very simple way. Who says not everyone can do that? And about the different types, yes they are there, but who cares about what type of yoga? Yoga for me is yoga, one or the other is not better. Really. So all, let's do some yoga?

This piece of text I found shows very well how to describe yoga: Yoga defines itself as a science--that is, as a practical, methodical, and systematic discipline or set of techniques that have the lofty goal of helping human beings to become aware of their deepest nature. The goal of seeking to experience this deepest potential is not part of a religious process, but an experiential science of self-study.