2006-10-03 04:58:20 · 9 answers · asked by Omni 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Finding a good instructor and a convenient location.
2006-10-03 05:03:32 · answer #1 · answered by noice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly? Because well, I've tried some yoga when I was younger and healthier...for those who think it is a religion, well, it *can* be, but it doesn't *have to* be. :) It can always just be maintained at the level of "just a workout", you know?
Cost is my biggest issue. The only beginner yoga I can *imagine* being able to afford is through my local Park District, and those classes not only fill up quickly but are located in buildings *way* across town from where I live, it would take not just a bus ride but a transfer to get to some of these places.
And even then, the class cost doesn't count the cost of getting myself the proper workout clothes, the yoga mat, and/or any props I'd need to get started.
Because...it's been *well over a decade* since I've done anything like yoga, ok? And part of the reason for that is that I have two bum shoulders now. Both have been overrotated more times than I can count, and the left one has been hyper-extended three times--I've been told if it gets blown out again that the doctors will surgically reattach it, and I've seen what that means for *poor folks like me....
They go in from the top, carve you up like a piece of meat, leave you with a big honking scar up on top of your shoulder and upper arm and *don't even bother* with the rehab. Because "they're just poor people, this is likely better than what they're used to." :P
But I digress. Sorry. Yeah, if I could make it work with my budget, not just affording the class but the extra stuff I'd need to participate, and if I could do it without risking injury to my old injuries (shoulders are the worst, but I have an old knee injury and some ankle problems too), I'd be there. I think I could do a couple of days a week if I can just get started.
Hope this helps. :) Have a good one!
2006-10-03 12:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Hindu I find most yoga classes annoyingly new age-ish and faddish. I hate the lifestyle aspect of it and the veneer of faux mysticism drawn by its association with "the east", when, in fact, most modern yoga practices, geared towards achieving lofty goals like a "flat tummy", totally fail to understand the very meaning of the word "yoga". It's ironic that the word "yoga" is now tied to something that's so demonstrative of a materialist culture - obsessed with image and wholly uninterested in cultivating anything deeper than an exotic sheen - frivolous, in a word, rather than something profound.
2006-10-03 12:52:11 · answer #3 · answered by astazangasta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the idea of yoga but I would rather be walking, hiking, or on the step machine. I feel like I burn more calories that way and I don't really have time to try something new.
2006-10-03 13:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by KatyZo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't afford it, but would love to try yoga classes!
2006-10-03 12:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no desire to try a yoga class.
2006-10-03 12:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by Captain Trips 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see yoga as cultish and New Age-ish. I see those who do it as a bit nutty, and I treat them as such.
2006-10-03 12:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheer laziness - which I manage to pass off as inconvenience (place and time).
2006-10-03 12:06:48 · answer #8 · answered by estee06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Italy and dont speak Italian!
2006-10-03 12:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by terra_chan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋