Yoga East Meets West Reflection
Yoga East Meets West Reflection Yoga East meets West is not what I expected when I first started this class. I expected to learn only the physical aspects of yoga, not knowing that it goes much deeper than just the practice of asanas. Everything I thought I knew came from young yoga teachers who did not really know any more than the rest of us practicing in the classroom. I am almost positive that they did not learn half of the information I learned from this course. However, I immediately noticed that I bought into the consumer culture created around yoga. I invested in a lot of yoga “essential” items over the years to enhance my practice, not knowing it was a marketing scheme. Although, this experience has taught me that I do not really need anything to enhance my practice, not even a yoga mat. Some yoga items can be useful. However, I realized that the experience depends not on the items I have with ...