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| my girlfirnds are always making fun of the men in class. I tell them to stop being so ignorant.
Edited by SharonL 2008-08-05 8:03 PM
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| Thanks! You tell 'em Sharon--our male fragile egos can't take the abuse. At least do it behind our backs after class. |
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Well, I'm going to her class tonght, the one where she said there was so man men. It will be interesting to see how she acts with men in the room. |
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| I'm often the only man in the room, usually one of a few, and feel I/we perform the important function of supplying the low end on OM. |
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| Thanks drjay - that is one of the main reasons I like having men in class.  |
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| SharonL - 2008-08-05 7:49 PM
my girlfirnds are always making fun of the men in class. I tell them to stop being so ignorant.
I love when people make fun of me. If I cant find people to do it I do it myself. |
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| Rant - 2008-07-30 2:03 PM
It's nice having the locker room to myself.
BUMP! A+!
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| Men are welcome in my class anytime! Especially when they have a sense of humor! I had a big burly bodybuilder take my Vinyasa class last week and he said "Now , i know why I lift weights...it's easier!"
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| And don't forget that we bring in the low end on OM.... |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | drjay1966 - 2008-08-28 12:14 AM
And don't forget that we bring in the low end on OM....
Wow, this is interesting...since when did Bikram Yoga start chanting OM's??? |
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| While Bikram instructors are human beings with their inherint biases and prejudices, it's apparent that the owner of my studio makes certain his instructors "stick to the script", so to speak. There truly is nothing more demotivitating than being in a captive audience and subject to someone's personal views on politics, gender and sexual identity issues. |
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| On the subject of men in class, i have a different angle to raise: I have developed kind of a crush on a guy in my class and it is distracting me from the work! I keep sneaking glances at him, or feel self-conscious about how i look in the postures (bulging belly in forward bends...). I guess the obvious answer is: it's another opportunity to concentrate and stay focused, but just wondering if anyone else has any interesting crush stories..
Edited by Snowtiger 2009-09-13 9:08 AM
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| or, make sure that where ever he is in the room, you move to a spot where there is no way to glance at him. then, no biggie. |
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| Bendy sweaty folks in skimpy attire--bound to stir up those primeval urges Snow. In the past when I've found similar attractions, I've made it a point to approach at an opportune time and solid friendships have been the result. Guess really humanizing the object of your crush negates some of the fantasy. |
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Location: Oregon | I'll have to think about that, Bruce. I've been taking a break from Bikrams for a couple a reasons. One part of it is too many beautiful women. But maybe if I just say hi? ::shrugs:: |
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| I suspect I might be one of "those girls" that everyone looks at. But I am very friendly and I love to talk to the men at the studio before and after class. Correction - I love to talk to EVERYONE at the studio! No need to be shy! I've had my share of yoga crushes, and I suspect that a few have had yoga crushes on me, and it doesn't bother me a bit. I'd never shut anyone down unless they were SERIOUSLY creepy. Mostly I just get to know people, like Bruce says, and end up with even more yoga friends, which gives a nice community feeling.
And I guess it's not very "yogic", but I see no problem with enjoying a little eye candy if it makes the 90 minutes go by less painfully!! Hehe. I love practicing with cute guys in my line of vision, and it motivates me to work just a little harder! But the truth is, I'm usually pretty oblivious to any kind of attention directed to me. I've had teachers cracking up after class telling me about the guy behind me who was blatantly checking me out during toe stand, and I'm like, "...there was a guy behind me?" |
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| I know that I am late to this discussion but I wanted to note that the teacher's comment may have been innocuous. I made a similar comment when I was teaching last week. It was related to the fact that without men in the room, I was able to address exactly where one should put ones arms if one has large breasts. It's really hard to talk about that with men in the room. So maybe she just didn't mean anything bad about men, maybe she meant it good about women? I love having a mixed class but when I have all men, or all women, I do change the classes a bit and it's fun to do. No harm meant at all. |
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| I am quite often the only male in my class and oftentimes the teacher(s) will comment on it. I don't really think about it because I'm too engrossed in my practice. I have had some nice compliments from men and women and one guy even told me that he wished he could wake up in the morning and look like me, LOL. |
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| I'm a male teacher. I teach classes that are all female, mostly female and mixed. I have not yet taught (or taken) a class with only men in it. There is no reason an instructor shouldn't talk about breasts or male genitalia (think Eagle Posture) while teaching. It is also perfectly normal to address the gender makeup of class(es).
It's perfectly normal to have sexual thoughts and feelings in class but these really aren't any different from any other kind of mental distraction we bring into the room with us.
One last comment: would all you distractingly beautiful people please stay home. You're preventing the rest of us mortals from concentrating. |
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Location: Texas | SharonL - 2008-08-05 6:49 PM
my girlfirnds are always making fun of the men in class. I tell them to stop being so ignorant.
There's a lady that's frequently in my classes that struggles with the entire standing series. And she always leaves after we finish the standing series. I always wondered what the deal was with that. I noticed some people in class would give her dirty looks when she got up to leave.
Well, I got to talking to her one day before class and found out she's a cancer survivor and has quite a few physical issues from her treatments. The little bit of the standing series is all that she can do due to her fatigue... but she comes 3 times per week to do it. She's actually a very nice lady and, if I don't get to talk to her before class, I get a smile and a wave from her @ the beginning of class. (I usually go in pretty early to lie in savasana.)
You never know why people come to class or what issues they may be struggling with. |
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MEN in class!!
