Comments on: Fat http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/06/25/fat/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:25:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Sraddha http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/06/25/fat/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Sraddha Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:10:56 +0000 http://www.yogzilla.com/?p=219#comment-548 Inspiring is good. As long as I know my teacher (lean or not) is practicing yoga, I am okay. I do not like bogus advice without facts. Or a teacher gets famous and then their self practice is reducing or almost nil. I would like to hear advice from them as to how they have gone ahead in their yoga practice. I agree, everyone is in a different stage of yogic evolution. The yamas of yoga sutra say that asteya, brhmacarya and aparigraha (all of them talk about various shades of greed) need to be adopted by the student of yoga. Of course, this is a life long experiment and takes time to be in control of all these. We can only hope to achieve to do these things to an extent. My thought was that if one does follow these teachings to an extent, then naturally the body tends to get light over time. I agree with you in part. If a teacher is fat and does have considerable insights, the person would be a valuable teacher. I have definitely come across my share of lean teachers with whom I could not connect. Maybe they are too much into their leanness or the acrobatics than with the teaching. Inspiring is good. As long as I know my teacher (lean or not) is practicing yoga, I am okay. I do not like bogus advice without facts. Or a teacher gets famous and then their self practice is reducing or almost nil. I would like to hear advice from them as to how they have gone ahead in their yoga practice. I agree, everyone is in a different stage of yogic evolution.
The yamas of yoga sutra say that asteya, brhmacarya and aparigraha (all of them talk about various shades of greed) need to be adopted by the student of yoga. Of course, this is a life long experiment and takes time to be in control of all these. We can only hope to achieve to do these things to an extent. My thought was that if one does follow these teachings to an extent, then naturally the body tends to get light over time.

I agree with you in part. If a teacher is fat and does have considerable insights, the person would be a valuable teacher. I have definitely come across my share of lean teachers with whom I could not connect. Maybe they are too much into their leanness or the acrobatics than with the teaching.

]]> By: Meg Oak http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/06/25/fat/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Meg Oak Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:11:30 +0000 http://www.yogzilla.com/?p=219#comment-547 As many modern studies have shown, fat does not always equate unhealthy -- or, more importantly, unable to practice and share yoga. None of us are perfect, which is why, as you said, teachers are students for life. Perhaps this teacher has not yet excelled at balancing his nutritional intake, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any valuable insight to share, or that he shouldn't be a teacher. Additionally, a fat exterior doesn't always give credence to the muscle tone below. You may even take it to be a mental challenge to overcome: why is it that you prefer your teachers "lean and inspiring"? I certainly agree with inspiring, but it seems to me that "lean" is just a visual preference. After all, if you were blind, would it really matter? I understand if you experienced disappointment with a class that had been so talked up, but it seems to me like your opinion on a the quality of a teacher should be judged on the teaching, not simply appearance. As many modern studies have shown, fat does not always equate unhealthy — or, more importantly, unable to practice and share yoga. None of us are perfect, which is why, as you said, teachers are students for life. Perhaps this teacher has not yet excelled at balancing his nutritional intake, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have any valuable insight to share, or that he shouldn’t be a teacher. Additionally, a fat exterior doesn’t always give credence to the muscle tone below.

You may even take it to be a mental challenge to overcome: why is it that you prefer your teachers “lean and inspiring”? I certainly agree with inspiring, but it seems to me that “lean” is just a visual preference. After all, if you were blind, would it really matter? I understand if you experienced disappointment with a class that had been so talked up, but it seems to me like your opinion on a the quality of a teacher should be judged on the teaching, not simply appearance.

]]> By: Borat http://www.yogzilla.com/2009/06/25/fat/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Borat Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:43:48 +0000 http://www.yogzilla.com/?p=219#comment-542 Yoga teacher fat?? is very bad. Why not do a very good asana invented in US of A? Is called liposection-asana. Very nice! My wife do it, and she not yoga teacher. Yoga teacher fat?? is very bad. Why not do a very good asana invented in US of A? Is called liposection-asana. Very nice! My wife do it, and she not yoga teacher.

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