I am an active person. I enjoy going for a run, swim, hike whenever I can, but living in London and now Houston makes outdoor exercise a bit difficult. A part from walking or running outside, I spend most of my time exercising in doors. I realize that exercise is a part of bettering yourself and through the years I have come across instructors and fellow gym rats that take the psychological component just a bit too far. When I was in London, tons of yoga studios were offering introductory yoga specials, such as 10 pounds for 10 classes. Being the yoga nut that I am, I went to all the studios in my area to try out the studios. Some were a bit frightening..frightening in a they wanted you to drink the Kool Aide kind of way. One studio said that all of the other forms of yoga made people weak and that yoga should hurt and that in that pain you will learn your self actualization. They also wanted me to buy their yoga clothes and attend their workshops. They weren't yoga or meditation workshops, but self improvement workshops. For some reason I pictured those 70's style self improvement cults where people are shouted at for several hours and not allowed to use the bathroom. I am now back in Houston and looking for a new yoga studio....not Bikram or Power Yoga..just basic Ashtanga yoga. If anyone has suggestions, I am all ears.
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