Nasty Peeling Flesh!
Tonight, I took a yoga class at my gym. I arrived a little late, nearly every spot in the room was taken, there were maybe 2 or 3 guys, the rest were women and the instructor was speaking calmly and almost soothingly to the class; the usual stuff. But then I noticed something a little peculiar.
I've taken yoga on/off for over 3 years now. All my instructors in the US (east and west coast) were usually Caucasian females. On occasion there was an African American or Asian American female. On rare occasion there was a male instructor. But never an Indian. Tonight was the first instructor I've had who was Indian.
So am I about to make a racist point about this? Hopefully not. I just thought it was rather peculiar that it took my coming to Hong Kong to have a yoga instructor that was ethnically Indian.
Even though yoga originated in India, race really shouldn't matter. It's all about the ability and routine of the instructor. So how was this guy? I really didn't care for his class. Aside from the more rushed pace (which I generally don't like for yoga) and the low intensity, he had us partner up for buddy stretches. Nothing wrong with that, except he had us do these barefoot-to-barefoot buddy stretches. My partner had nasty peeling flesh on her foot! And they smelled really bad too! I think she had athletes foot! So I carefully kept the balls of my foot as the only point of contact during our stretch.
All in all, It was the worst yoga experience I've ever had.
Eeeew! I think I need to wash my feet again.
I've taken yoga on/off for over 3 years now. All my instructors in the US (east and west coast) were usually Caucasian females. On occasion there was an African American or Asian American female. On rare occasion there was a male instructor. But never an Indian. Tonight was the first instructor I've had who was Indian.
So am I about to make a racist point about this? Hopefully not. I just thought it was rather peculiar that it took my coming to Hong Kong to have a yoga instructor that was ethnically Indian.
Even though yoga originated in India, race really shouldn't matter. It's all about the ability and routine of the instructor. So how was this guy? I really didn't care for his class. Aside from the more rushed pace (which I generally don't like for yoga) and the low intensity, he had us partner up for buddy stretches. Nothing wrong with that, except he had us do these barefoot-to-barefoot buddy stretches. My partner had nasty peeling flesh on her foot! And they smelled really bad too! I think she had athletes foot! So I carefully kept the balls of my foot as the only point of contact during our stretch.
All in all, It was the worst yoga experience I've ever had.
Eeeew! I think I need to wash my feet again.
posted by Unknown | 10:28 PM
2 Comments:
OMG this is such a hilarious post!
Hi Ced,
It's Mark from Australia. I'm going to HK from the 21st Dec to the 4th of Jan. I hope you're still in HK when I get there so we can meet up for a chat and dinner. Could you give me an email at Mark.Ho@ansto.gov.au to keep in touch? Thanks Mark.
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