Mat Manners
What's the Most Ridiculous Breech of Yoga Etiquette?
- via Lululemon
People who haughtily glare at you when you put your mat next to theirs. Texting while chanting. Teachers who leave you for dead in corpse pose. Yoga manners are often questionable, and the New York Times is out with a list of the most aggravating yoga behavior. Their take on the seven worst offenses:
- Barging out
- Barging in
- Overexposure
- Chanting "Ah" instead of "Om"
- Singing to the music during class
- Cellphone usage mid-class
- Poor hygiene, in particular poor hygiene that leads to odors
But a list is only a fraction as fun as some good stories. Come on, what's the most ridiculous thing you've ever seen in yoga class?
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A woman popped open a can of Diet Coke during Savasana!
Submitted by michlny on 06.07.10 at 10:41.
a man (who came in JUST as class was starting and placed his mat directly infront of mine) brought frozen GLASS waterbottles to class. The Glass shattered mid class, and he moved back and forth throughout the room (always mid pose) trying to clean up. He then left two other times to refill his "extra" water bottle......
Submitted by thefatbridesmaid on 06.07.10 at 10:45.
a guy wearing ONLY his boxer-briefs to hot yoga. did i mentioned they they were white? ya. we know what happens when white clothes get wet, right? not acceptable.
Submitted by msh258 on 06.07.10 at 10:46.
This just in courtesy of The Beer Runner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtWcb0bcA-A
Submitted by Charity D. on 06.07.10 at 10:49.
I know the sweaty people here get sensitive about this, but when other people sweat all over my mat or fling their sweat on me it grosses me out. If you're a heavy duty sweater, move a few inches away and spare everyone from getting a shower every time you move your arms.
The most ridiculous would definitely be the guy who did bikram with only a towel on the ground, no mat, and sweated so profusely there was a puddle in the carpet that SPLASHED every time he moved. He left a six foot wide puddle RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR that people had to walk through to exit. On carpeting! That must have taken days to dry out...
Also dudes in bikram - boxer briefs are not appropriate hot yoga apparel.
Submitted by erikka on 06.07.10 at 10:52.
In Bikram, a woman came in after pranayama breathing, put her mat right in front of mine, and then after every pose, rather than standing still, flailed and bounced around doing a little fist-pumping victory dance, so proud of doing each posture.
And then there's poor belching man, who must have some sort of digestive issue. He brings a big drawstring bag full of bottles of water and other beverages, chugs them during class, and then burps and burps the most malodorous little gusts of gut air all through class.
Submitted by prairieportia on 06.07.10 at 10:55.
I don't know... none of these posts makes me want to EVER do bikram (I actually attempted it once years ago, and all the things everyone is posting was going on in this one class. Sorry, but groooossss)
Submitted by kornflowers on 06.07.10 at 11:27.
I went to a Bikram class a couple of months ago where the instructor (I will be kind and not use his name) was wearing only his tighty whities - and they were less tighty whitie than they were aged and sagging - and I kid you not - a rainbow headband to teach. Think less gay pride and more hipster fitness attire gone very wrong. Now, it's a dialogue led class, but I couldn't even look at him. I still can't look at him. I haven't been back to his class since.
Submitted by zuzupetals on 06.07.10 at 11:56.
the teacher calling the whole class "bitches" - I almost pulled my own bad etiquette and walked out on that one
Submitted by Butwhatifido on 06.07.10 at 12:15.
The instructor playing the song, "'cuz I got high" on repeat during a 60 minute yoga class. I actually thought it was pretty funny (this was a class at the YMCA) but I think others were uncomfortable...
Submitted by Julia N. on 06.07.10 at 02:26.
Today I was squatting down for crow pose and to my horror I saw that my old capri pants had a gaping wide hole in the crotch and I muttered shit because I don't wear undies under exercise clothes. It was porn. Hard core porn. I shut my legs.
Submitted by sassletics82 on 06.08.10 at 02:26.
I was told (reliable source) of a UK Bikram practitioner who loved to strut his stuff in class in the nude - apparently, EVERYONE minded, however no one wanted to tell him to put his pants on!
Submitted by meridance on 06.08.10 at 11:27.
men wearing short shorts in yoga.....please know that s*** falls out. NOBODY wants to see that. haha!
Submitted by silviachristmann on 06.08.10 at 11:30.
Chewing gum in class grosses me out.
Submitted by @HereNow on 06.08.10 at 10:11.