Sunday, March 18, 2007

Yoga: Flowing a Tad Too Freely

I can't be the only one guilty of this common, often malodorous yoga class offense. You know who you are, and you've done the walk of shame leaving the yoga studio too! Sometimes yoga causes yogis to relax a touch too much. Hey - At least this time it wasn't me. Obviously a strenuous hour and a half of Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow yoga brings out the childish inner brat in me. When will I grow up enough NOT to crack up at accidental, drive-by public toot-age?

12 Comments:

At 3:40 PM, Blogger Lara said...

that was hilarious. i have to send this to my friend bryan, because he and i were the two immature ones who always used to laugh at any noise that sounded even remotely like passing gas. good times. :)

 
At 3:49 PM, Blogger Domestic Slackstress said...

Lara - good. Okay. I'm not the only toot-laughing juvenile yogi on the mat then. Thanks for your continued commentary. You are pretty darn funny yo'-sef. :P)

 
At 5:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi from NH. I can certainly relate to yoga flagulence laughter. I experienced my 1st yoga class with said "slacktress" after she fed me warm soybeans! How embarASSing. Payback! from the "ticker"

 
At 6:03 PM, Blogger Bryan said...

I have to thank Lara for sending me here, because that was indeed hilarious. It's true...if Lara and I were in your class, we'd not only be cracking up at every flatulent release; we'd also be framing one another via ventriloquistic toot-age. I know I should grow up, but it's too much fun! To give you an idea how rampant the scatology runs in my humor, I invite you to check out the second half of one of my blog posts.

 
At 9:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Brilliant!!
Thanks for the laugh!

 
At 10:19 PM, Blogger Honeybell said...

Um . . . I'm still giggling like a moron . .

Your blog is fantastic!

 
At 6:04 AM, Blogger Rachel said...

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

 
At 8:15 AM, Blogger cce said...

I don't know anyone immune to a good fart joke though I try to pretend I am when the kids are around. Now I know why I don't do yoga...I would be a menace on the mat, for sure.

 
At 9:01 PM, Blogger Liv said...

oh, girl! we refer to these as "wind releasing poses." seriously, the most embarrassing ever was a month ago on the FRONT DAMNED ROW with Rodney Yee when I had a veggie sub come back to haunt me, and the rest of the class. No actually tooting, but lots of vigorous tummy rumbling! BTW, where do inversions come into flow? I'd love to hear about that sequence!

 
At 9:06 PM, Blogger Domestic Slackstress said...

Liv - We did inversions to cool down at the end of the flow. I knew something felt funny about it.

Anywho - I bow down to you that you practiced with Rodney Yee! I have a few of his DVDs. He is oddly attractive and extremely talented. I'm soooo jealous. One day I hope to earn my teaching credentials. In the meantime, I'm certainly not practicing enough. My husband keeps asking me to do couple's yoga with him at home. Any suggestions for DVDs, books or poses?

 
At 8:21 PM, Blogger Liv said...

kim, you are so lucky that your spouse wants to do yoga with you. is he indeed human? are you sure?

fyi, inversions are typically regarded as energy boosters rather than coolers. but, in the spirit of trying new things, i taught shoulderstand in the middle of a flow class tonight. not too bad as a martini pose, but definitely no inversions at the end of class.

email me and tell me what you want to do with your man, and i'll see if i can work out a sequence for you!

 
At 12:36 PM, Blogger Mama Sarita said...

Oh my god...how did I miss this? I woke my daughter up because I was laughing so hard. I have tears streaming down my face.

I have the humor of a 12 year old boy. I do not handle public farts well. At all. I laugh out loud. And yet, I too worry about the yogapoot.

 

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