Confessions of a Yoga Hater

Finally someone who will say it out loud! I don't mind doing yoga, but when it comes to prioritizing things that I know are burning calories and seem to help clear my head, yoga gets pushed pretty far down the list. I would probably do yoga a lot more if I didn't have to pay $200 a month on top of my gym membership to do it (the times I've committed to buying classes have pushed me to a negative balance in my checking account causing way more worry than yoga could ever erase.) And please don't suggest I do it at my gym; i can hear the thump-thumping of the spin class music the whole time and I end up wishing I was in that class instead. My favorite is cardio tai boxing - that seems to get the stress out for me.

oh yeah - all i can think about is what I'm going to make for dinner, how this class isn't really burning any calories etc etc. I decided to take up meditation instead and when I want to exercise I run.

Great story. Although my best friend is a yoga teacher, I have never taken a class. However, I have dabbled in tai chih and absolutely love it. It doesn't hurt and there's just something about the graceful movements. Although you don't work up a sweat ,it apparently is very aerobic. I am a great walker but I resist running except sometimes in dreams when I run effortlessly and almost fly.

Not to worry -- I would have been laughing in hysterics beside you, and also struggling to reach past my shins.