This week I attended a Yoga 9 class lead by Joyce. As opposed to being counter culture, I feel that yoga is actually pop culture now. Yoga 9, for instance, welcomes all sorts of people and even advertises as much. Back when yoga was considered a counter-culture people just didn't know that much about yoga. Classes were not on corners of popular streets such is the case for Yoga 9. I think the effect Yoga has had on the West has been positive. I believe in the importance of slowing down the mind and being mindful and yoga is an excellent method for doing this. Yoga has definitely gone through a lot of changes and adaptions over the generations but so does every tradition. I don't think these changes are inherently bad unless they are making untrue claims. If they are just marketed as ways to connect with the body, breath, and self through physical movements, then I think that yoga can be a good thing in pop culture.
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