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Hi gang<br><br>Just for fun and in response to

some comments about commercialism, consumerism and

negativity, I tabulated the subject matter of the last 226

posts (8374-8590):<br><br>61 posts or 27.0% dealt with

yoga technical stuff (length of class, length of

holding an asana, teaching techniques, asana

techniques,effects and purpose of yoga, FAQs and responses, yoga and

travel, food and diet.<br><br>34 posts or 15.o% dealt

with recommendations of teachers, books, videos,

websites, clubs, workshops, etc.<br><br>5 posts or 2.2%

were compliants about the commercialism of the club

and responses to those.<br><br>42 posts or 18.5%

dealt with teacher compliants or certification. These

including Jessa’s unfortunate experience and El Senor’s

campaign against criminals.<br><br>15 posts or 6.6% dealt

with issues such as obesity, human nature, nature of

consciousness, ’s technical shortcomings.<br><br>9 posts

dealt or 4.0% were requests for info such as

accommodation, classes, e-groups, workshops.<br><br>25 posts or

11.0% were casual: chats, thank yous, etc.<br><br>7

posts or 4.0% were miscellaneous<br><br>and lastly, 28

posts or 12.4% were midnight_omboy’s flames (18) and

responses (10).<br><br><br>All in all, the club seems to be

doing a good job dealing with the technical aspects of

yoga, providing information, airing issues and

providing a forum for people to meet and hang

out.<br><br>The teacher certification issue isn’t going to go

away anytime soon. But we could break it down into

three areas -- who certifies and why, why does one want

to be certified, and the bureaucratic need for

certifications. And, perhaps, el senor could tone down his

comments and present them in a more useful

way.<br><br>omprem