yoga and the sexes....

[Guest guest]

O.K. don't take this the wrong way, but as a young man practicing

yoga I have some questions. I have a serious practice and ashtanga

is an important part of my life. My practice is concentrated and

solitary and focused. Still, one can't help notice some awfully

attractive women in the class--that would be interested to get to

know. My question; how much attention do (young/single) women

want/not want/expect from the men in the class.

 

I feel a bit let down that there is not a bit more 'community' with

yoga, and everybody seems in a hurry to run out of the studio. Even

eye contact between the sexes is fleeting. My other male yoga

friends agree, and is a topic we discuss having a drink after class,

and we can't figure it out.

 

Strangly, in the local yoga store, with some of the same people, it

is totally different, and people behave normally, have fun, flirt

etc.

 

It is usually the case that men are interested in meeting women as

much as women are interested in meeting men, so why is this not the

case in a yoga studio. One theory is that praciticing yoga in a

studio exposes yourself and the self-consciousness, makes breaking

the ice with people difficult.

 

 

Any comments apprecitated.

[Guest guest]

Ummm take out a personal ad....

 

 

 

 

ashtangayoga, "lromanosky" <lromanosky> wrote:

> O.K. don't take this the wrong way, but as a young man practicing

> yoga I have some questions. I have a serious practice and ashtanga

> is an important part of my life. My practice is concentrated and

> solitary and focused. Still, one can't help notice some awfully

> attractive women in the class--that would be interested to get to

> know. My question; how much attention do (young/single) women

> want/not want/expect from the men in the class.

>

> I feel a bit let down that there is not a bit more 'community' with

> yoga, and everybody seems in a hurry to run out of the studio.

Even

> eye contact between the sexes is fleeting. My other male yoga

> friends agree, and is a topic we discuss having a drink after

class,

> and we can't figure it out.

>

> Strangly, in the local yoga store, with some of the same people, it

> is totally different, and people behave normally, have fun, flirt

> etc.

>

> It is usually the case that men are interested in meeting women as

> much as women are interested in meeting men, so why is this not the

> case in a yoga studio. One theory is that praciticing yoga in a

> studio exposes yourself and the self-consciousness, makes breaking

> the ice with people difficult.

>

>

> Any comments apprecitated.