Thursday, October 24, 2013

I Will Pass on the Gas Please.


 
There is one part of yoga classes I could do without.

For sure actually.

And that is all the farting that takes place.

All the time-every time. Thank God this has not happened to me (yet). If it does I will never go back. Others don’t seem to share that view as there they are back and farting again each week.

I was really too shy to write about this popular topic as it is quite disgusting in fact, but I read a blog today where the woman (who I thought would be a total shrewd) basically told the whole wold her most intimate details. So I figured discussing the concept of farting in a yoga class must be acceptable on blogs  (especially that it is not even me doing it).

And let me tell you there is something even worse than a person in front of you letting out some downward dog gas…and that is:

Two people in front of you doing it and then giggling away as if it is actually funny and pleasant. I adore yoga but man alive let me tell you that meditating and people farting don’t mix. Not a single bit actually.

Usually I am pretty embarrassed about writing the word “fart” (even if it is not me doing that) but today for some reason I feel strangely liberated and free.

Besides the farting parts (and worrying if one day I will do that and have to never come back) Yoga is amazing. I truly and honestly never thought that I would consider any form of exercise to be relaxing and pleasant and something I look forward too. Yoga and walking outside fit the bill now. I love both and just feel like I never have enough time to do either one as often as I would want to. If I was retired or a SAHM (both make me physically sick to think about) I would walk to a far off yoga class every day and walk back home after.

Weight training is still a big chore. I hope one day I will put it in the category of fun.

So my advice yogis? Eat less beans and go to the bathroom before yoga class please? Please?

And from now on I am putting my yoga mat in the very front of the class and not taking any chances.