Monday, August 04, 2008

Yoga

We’re strangely susceptible to bogus claims about bodily purification–organic food, yoga, promise rings. And why not have an extra beer if you can just wring it out later?

-Kerry Howley on the anatomical claims of yoga practice
Well, as a pretty serious bender, twister, and wringer myself, I can say that yoga's second principle function in my life, following the maintenance of killer abdominals, is to justify tying one on the night before, comfortable in the pseudoconviction that I can squeeze it out the next day. I once had someone tell me that nothing felt better than standing on your head after a long night's trip on pure, powder-form DXM. It's true!

5 comments:

Cüneyt said...

Odd. The yoga instructor at my local YMCA doesn't talk about any of that shit.

Ah well, let's jump on the bashing bandwagon. Sure, organic food and yoga have more to do with New Age nonsense than, say, not wanting to eat pesticides, hormones, and unneeded antibiotics or exercise.

dan said...

I used to do yoga while I was acid all the time. I found I could stretch further and maintain certain positions longer whilst tripping my balls off. It was pretty awesome, I have to say.

Keifus said...

When I hear about the questionable anatomical claims of Yoga, my mind usually goes to something else, but I'm sure it's good for working off a bender too.

Cüneyt said...

Tai chi's pretty good for a hangover, I've found. Yoga has in it an element of punishment, though, that might explain why it's particularly satisfying to the indulgent. And, of course, I include myself in that group.

Mr.Fundamental said...

if it was Bikram she was talking about, I'd be more convinced. I've walked out of a Bikram studio excreting ammonia through my pores.

it's not exercise unless you're metabolizing muscle!

and talk about a hangover!