Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 I'm noticing that a lot of ashtanga practitioners are also pot smokers.. Anyone see the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 lot of people are pot smokers, that's normal nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 I have seen no evidence of this and it strikes me as nonsensical. I can't see how (or why)anyone could do the intense physical practice required and also subject themselves to the strong and in many ways opposite physical effects of pot. My experience has been that practicing yoga decreases my desire for just about every type of substance or activity that could have a negative effect on the yoga "experience", and the decrease in desire is about exactly proportional to the amount of practice.<br>On the other hand, I would imagine that there are many ashtanga practitioners who are FORMER drug users; yoga is just so much better than drugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 seems to me that anyone on the path is likely to have a predisposition towards trying things out whether they are prescribed or not. the fact that pot (is this common parlance in the US? on this side of the atlantic it sounds remarkably antiquated, redolent of the fury freak bros. etc)is illegal is a tiresome and bizarre historical accident rather than any true reflection of the damage it does. true it has physically deleterious aspects but there are also many positive side effects for those with MS, HIV+ et al. still at the end of the day its bad for your health and no amount of hippy ideology can persuade me otherwise. I enjoy getting stoned but know that its not the best thing in the world for me. however im only human. <br><br>incidentally seems to me that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol and certainly can facilitate a more enlightened state of mind than six pints of guinness (believe me ive tried both many times. . . ). i have to agree with malsag, yoga's a drug that just keeps on giving!<br><br>yeah i'm in south london too! sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 <<I can't see how (or why)anyone could do the intense physical practice required and also subject themselves to the strong and in many ways opposite physical effects of pot.>><br><br>Come on malsag, cannabis is not very harmful to body and it should not be demonized, just don't do it before practise. I myself am wondering why people willfully ingest SUGAR, a major cause of illness and deterioration of the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 My father once said that if people would discover sugar now, it would be considered as a drug. I still don't know what to think about this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 OK,<br><br>Sugar point taken....but what about the harm to your lungs with pot smoking? How can you say cannabis is not harmful to the body? How can this complement breathing, the CRUX of Ashtanga practise ? <br><br>I suppose like anyone with a bad habit (Sugar addicts and beer drinkers included) rationalization is the easiest path to peace of mind. Pot smoking is a bad habit. Sugar is a bad habit. Beer is a bad habit. End of story.<br><br>The biggest question that I have is "What is the appeal of an (expensive, illegal) mind altering (mellowing?) habit when yoga practise brings such beautiful inner calm and clarity?" In other words "What is the point ?"<br><br><br><br>To each his own I guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 I'm not a pot smoker and I don't think it's good or bad either way, but it has been proven that marijuana removes tar from the lungs...so what harm to lungs are you talking about?<br><br>lauren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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