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Strange yoga class behavior
What's the oddest thing you've seen someone do in a yoga class?
I went to a class today at my gym and 15 minutes before class was over, two women came in. At first, I thought they were coming for the class that starts right afterwards but no. They were both dressed casually but I wouldn't say workout clothes. One of them was holding a yoga mat. They went to an empty spot (it wasn't very crowded today) and the one with the yoga mat laid it on the floor... and then went and stood in the back of the room.
The other woman set down her pewter handbag and took off her matching (yes,,, also pewter or silver) sneakers and proceeded to join into the class. It might have been her first time doing yoga, she was not able to do many of the poses but that could be because 45 minutes into class, she wasn't warmed up like the rest of us. Then after class was over, her friend (assistant?) picked up her yoga mat for her.
It was really distracting because it was so strange! I still can't figure it out.
Re: Strange yoga class behavior
I had a yoga teacher who firmly believed she was descended from aliens. Great teacher, just a little out there. We talked about some weird stuff. Once she did an entire class with an accupuncture needle sticking out of the top of her head. . . and it was a pretty big one.
I had another teacher who looked exactly like Will Farrell and he told the craziest stories and was an all-around nut. One day he was wearing really tight tights and did this straddle pose (he was facing us) and as he was getting into the pose, he gracefully grabbed his balls in his hand and moved them out of the way.
It was all I could do to keep a straight face.
he gracefully grabbed his balls in his hand and moved them out of the way.
I would have fallen over if I had seen this.
Seriously! That is too funny!
And reminds me of another story, not so much weird as funny. We were doing a seated pose with one foot in front of us. The instructor was trying to explain where the other was supposed to go and finally said, "There's no nice way to say it. Your taint." Half of us nearly died laughing and the other half clearly had no idea what that meant!
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