What’s Your Unpopular Yoga Opinion?

I’ll go first :)

If you get easily annoyed by others during a yoga class, you should just practice at home or pay for a private class.

In this sub I’ve seen people complain about everything: people arriving late/leaving early, people breathing too hard, people not doing exactly what the instructor is doing, people drinking from their water bottles, I could go on but you get the point.

I understand if someone is in your space or filming or is purposefully being distracting, like get that out of here that’s annoying.

But I feel like this weird hostility towards anything not 100% perfect creates an unfriendly environment. The yoga studio I attend has no in and out times, encourages you to switch things up pose wise if you need to, and tells people to take breaks and drink as much water as they need. The studio is expensive, but tons of people go because it’s inclusive. If a single mom only has time to do a half hour of class instead of the full hour then she can do that without worry of being judged.

Your struggle to focus is your own issue, and I say that as an easily distracted ADHD person. I have such a difficult time sometimes, tbh most times, but I feel like that’s the point of yoga? How am I supposed to learn how to focus and block out distractions if there are never any distractions?

Just my thoughts. I’d love to hear your unpopular takes too!