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| Austin, Texas
A Letter from Mehtab
Founder, Yoga Yoga
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Reaching Out, Stretching Out
One of our guiding principals for our teachers is that “There is a yoga
for every body.” And despite the media attention otherwise, Yoga is not
just for the flexible, the famous, or the fat-free.
In addition to the usual yoga fare of beginner and advanced classes, we have
gentle classes for an aging population and children’s classes for the youngest
yogis, as well as a parent and child class for families. We have offered special
series classes for the deaf, for people with chronic injuries and challenged
backs, even for weekend athletes and people who may feel intimidated by the Hollywood
images of yoga practitioners.
And with an eye on the future, we now have one of the largest prenatal yoga programs
anywhere, with special series for partners, preconception, and postnatal bonding.
Yoga is not only for the young and old – it is even for those who have
not yet been born!
Yoga
Virgins and Missionaries
In the beginning of Yoga Yoga, I learned how to give good yoga on the phone.
People who just heard about yoga from their friends or Oprah Winfrey or voices
in their head would call us full of curiosity. I would tell them what I could
and answered their most common questions (“Just wear something comfortable
you can move and breathe in, and, no you do not need to worship Hindu gods.”)
And then I would wait for them to show up.
No matter how much I talked or how great I made yoga sound, only about one out
of ten callers would make it through the doors. Sometimes months after they had
called.
I realized that for many people new to yoga, to walk into a yoga class took a
lot of courage. It was new, it was weird, and although they wanted to try it,
they were a little anxious. The fact we asked them to take off their shoes probably
didn’t help any. After all, removing articles of clothing hardly seems
the most obvious thing you want to do in an unknown environment.
The people who did the best were those who came with their friends, because in
any new adventure, you want someone to share it with you. After years of trying
to let people know that we offer yoga classes and that yoga is good for them,
we find time and time again that most people come to Yoga Yoga because a friend
encouraged them or joined them.
While we are trying to make yoga friendly, we really need your help. If you like
what yoga has done for you, share it. Adopt a yoga friend – bring them
to class with you. Talk about what yoga has done for your life (without being
too annoying!).
One of our most fun and gratifying experiences is when we participate in Austin’s
Free Day of Yoga every Labor Day. Hundreds of people try yoga for the first time.
Years later we meet students who came to the Free Day for their first yoga class
and now they are yoga teachers themselves. Yoga changes lives – we know
that and so do you.
“He sees himself in the
heart of
all beings and he sees all beings
in his heart. This is the vision of the
Yogi of harmony, a vision which is ever one.”
- Bhagavad-Gita (6,29)
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