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Ashtanga might be the worst possible yoga for your overall health. It is peak yogic obsession with stretching. There are far better ways to go about achieving a healthy body.

Why?

My experience is that the average studio class is the epitome of feel-good vibes. The best argument I see for these classes is that they get people moving and exercising. Also, it’s a chance to unplug, rest, reset and restore before going back to their daily demands. Maybe it also gets them curious about deeper spiritual practice or they even have a legitimate spiritual experience. All fine. But on the whole I still have found them overrated. Especially all the passive stretching. If there wasn’t an emphasis on stretching, I’d be more open to it.

What counts as seriously?

It’s overrated for its health and spiritual benefits. The stretching in particular is almost entirely BS. And there is no spiritual practice happening. Whatever benefits people are getting are largely in spite of what western yoga teaches, not because of it.

None that I’m particularly confident in, beyond Trump freaking out on Truth Social and accusing the Dems of cheating.

Prediction: Democrats are winning the House and Senate.

He has a good vibe. Definitely quite Green in his thinking. Which is not bad per se. That’s mostly what America needs to advance right now.

Western yoga is overrated. So if it's declining, that would be a justified correction.

Autistic people fear you

15/50. The focus questions likely bumped up my score. I can get very dialed in on a project. But the socialization questions likely dropped my score. I answered them all pretty positively.

If it was actually doomsday and the end of civilization, there wouldn’t be much you can do about it. But realistically, it’s likely not. This is just always how life has been. Filled with death, destruction and suffering. But also, with people doing what they can to overcome, fix problems and make things better. That’s always the game. And the game as a whole is out of your human hands. Humanity could go extinct. Or not. You don’t ultimately know.

I understood Blue and Orange pretty well, because that was the environment I grew up in. So when I found out about SD, those made sense. Green was harder to understand. I didn’t have as much exposure to it. And certainly I did not understand anything beyond Green.

Never been, but looks like pretty standard new age stuff. Could be a really valuable experience if you haven't explored that world thoroughly.

That was my initial impression as well, although Andreas was pretty adamant it be done. I’m guessing you streamlined the six day, apple juice phase? That seems like the most obvious inefficiency.