yoga is not for show-offs...

or, it shouldn't be. but when you have classes full of all sorts of people, you're bound to get some varying approaches to the yoga practice.

obviously i'm thinking in particular of someone. there's this person whom i've seen at yoga a few times, and, well, i don't like her. she messes with my chi (yes, i know that i am the one to blame for this and not her). because she's a yoga show-off. for example, when we're in this position, instead of being in that position, per the instructor's instructions, she goes into a headstand. now, i'm all for people making the practice their own, and challenging the limits of their bodies, but a headstand??? in the middle of the room? ugh. i could go on, really, but pittsburgh is a small town and i fear the repercussions of my non-anonymity...

another thing about yoga... people should really wash their feet before coming to class. i don't mean to be an ass, and i'm generally pretty tolerant of natural body smells, but when you're in close quarters in a crowded room where one person's feet are right next to another person's head, and it's hot and sweaty and you're gonna be there for 75 minutes, as a matter of common courtesy, please don't come to class with smelly feet. it's gross to spend that whole class time focusing on ujjayi breathing and inhaling bad foot odor.

i really don't mean to be a jerk. i just want folks to be good neighbors. is that so wrong?