Comments on: Yoga can lead to sexy-times!

Yoga can lead to sexy-times!

exphysicist345 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:01:20 -0800

Yoga can improve your sexual experiences... and perhaps lead to sex with your instructor.

"Yoga teachers and how-to books seldom mention that the discipline began as a sex cult — an omission that leaves many practitioners open to libidinal surprise.... If yoga can arouse everyday practitioners, it apparently has similar, if not greater, effects on gurus — often charming extroverts in excellent physical condition, some enthusiastic for veneration." Now science is having some successes figuring out how yoga affects the body.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:05:56 -0800

Sexual experiences? I LOVE those things!

By: jquinby

jquinby — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:07:53 -0800

This yoga...

By: clvrmnky

clvrmnky — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:10:35 -0800

Cue the sexy chicka-chicka-bwang-bwang sitar music.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:21:21 -0800

Is this something I'd have to open my sacral chakra to understand?

By: Hicksu

Hicksu — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:23:24 -0800

This new learning seems to agree with my hindsight bias.

By: ninjew

ninjew — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:25:08 -0800

nytimes and yoga scandals: no surprise here

By: Johnny Wallflower

Johnny Wallflower — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:25:32 -0800

Girl look at that body.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:25:43 -0800

Here's a list of the accusations against John Friend from YogaDork, including a timeline. If you're too lazy to click, they are: 1. He is leader of a Wiccan coven and had sex with women in his coven 2. He had sexual relations with his employees 3. He froze the pension of his employees 4. He delivered packages of marijuana to various places

By: Mr. Yuck

Mr. Yuck — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:26:06 -0800

If your libido is still a surprise, you have some milestones on the road ahead of you. You could fall for anything. Ahem...

By: wuwei

wuwei — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:26:33 -0800

This is news?

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:32:38 -0800

Not news, just something that will sell papers and impressions.

By: XMLicious

XMLicious — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:34:48 -0800

Surreptitious hypocritical sexy times? Maybe yoga is a perfect match for conservatism after all!

By: acb

acb — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:40:43 -0800

William J. Broad? As in Billy Idol?

By: Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:45:07 -0800

This is why only half of our things are nice.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:45:49 -0800

Let me turn the heat and humidity up in here. 110 degrees... how's that?

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:47:03 -0800

*awaits cover of "Lapdance" that begins with "I'm a downward dog"*

By: Slackermagee

Slackermagee — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:47:16 -0800

People getting sweaty in tight clothes while contorting into revealing positions are more likely to have sex. More at 11.

By: unSane

unSane — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:51:22 -0800

People getting sweaty in tight clothes while contorting into revealing positions are more likely to have sex. /checks mirror No.

By: TedW

TedW — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:52:46 -0800

People getting sweaty in tight clothes while contorting into revealing positions are more likely to have sex... Are we talking about yoga or Twister now?

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:52:57 -0800

Oh! Suddenly The Love Guru makes a lot more sense!

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:55:18 -0800

The Times is right on top of this yoga thing.

By: Ivan Fyodorovich

Ivan Fyodorovich — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:56:31 -0800

Science has begun to clarify the inner mechanisms. In Russia and India, scientists have measured sharp rises in testosterone — a main hormone of sexual arousal in both men and women. Czech scientists working with electroencephalographs have shown how poses can result in bursts of brainwaves indistinguishable from those of lovers. More recently, scientists at the University of British Columbia have documented how fast breathing — done in many yoga classes — can increase blood flow through the genitals. The effect was found to be strong enough to promote sexual arousal not only in healthy individuals but among those with diminished libidos.

Well, see? Science proves that yoga is sexy. Science! Hold on, let me check and see if William J. Broad is a mefite...whew.

By: mannequito

mannequito — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:58:01 -0800

Are we talking about yoga or Twister now? Hey hey hey, I did not tell you to put your left foot there!

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:08:07 -0800

"They're understandably disappointed to hear that he cheated on his girlfriends repeatedly" and "lied to so many." I would never cheat on my girlfriends.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:11:28 -0800

There is a certain kind of creepy yoga guy who is so fucking sexual harassypants all over the place. Also, his farts smell like adzuki beans and patchouli. ::shudders::

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:12:21 -0800

What a strange issue. Perhaps this is because Yoga has some trappings of spirituality around it. I doubt this would be an issue if the guy was a standard physical trainer.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:13:28 -0800

/checks mirror Oh god, no.

By: XMLicious

XMLicious — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:22:14 -0800

What a strange issue. Perhaps this is because Yoga has some trappings of spirituality around it. I doubt this would be an issue if the guy was a standard physical trainer. Naw, I'm pretty sure that if a physical trainer went around speaking about the virtues of chastity and celibacy while boinking everyone he could get his hands on it would also get people aggravated.

By: Forktine

Forktine — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:23:11 -0800

I would never cheat on my girlfriends. I love the whole world.

By: ThatCanadianGirl

ThatCanadianGirl — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:24:02 -0800

My yoga instructor is way hot. I bet he gets hit on all the time.

By: telstar

telstar — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:29:20 -0800

Yoga is evil to Abrahamic religions. That's why I like it.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:31:34 -0800

I was wondering why Target was selling crotchless yoga pants.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:32:10 -0800

> Yoga is evil to Abrahamic religions. That's why I like it. Er, not really.

By: uosuaq

uosuaq — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:32:48 -0800

I have no idea how these people got their downward dogs wedged in their disciples' asanas, although I can guess why.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:36:03 -0800

Naste!

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:37:33 -0800

Naw, I'm pretty sure that if a physical trainer went around speaking about the virtues of chastity and celibacy Did this guy even do that? Just about every woman I know does either hatha or bikram and I never heard anything about chastity. Yoga is mostly like pilates now, it mostly about fitness is it not? Mr. Friend preached a gospel of gentle poses mixed with openness aimed at fostering love and happiness. Ok, yeah. Dude meek in the streets and a freak in the sheets.

By: XMLicious

XMLicious — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:44:17 -0800

If you do a Ctrl-F in the article you can find mention of both promoting chastity and celibacy with a couple of the guys mentioned in the article. If you're talking about Friend, evidently the latest case, I'm not sure why what he did was "apparent hypocrisy" unless he was saying something along those lines.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:46:57 -0800

The special clothes, room, lights? Lazarus Long, present.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:50:41 -0800

If you're talking about Friend, evidently the latest case, Yeah, I agree with you about those 70s yogis. I'm just talking about Friend, I'm a little suprised people are surprised.Check out the philosopy of Anusara . I'm a little shocked every class didn't turn into a key party. Similarly, our thoughts, desires, passions and emotions are not obstacles to spiritual awakening which need to be squelched or eliminated, but instead they are God-given means of glorifying and expanding our experience of the Supreme the body/mind is a Divine gift to help us discover our glory, our greatness, and our worthiness to experience the highest sense of freedom

By: xmutex

xmutex — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:50:51 -0800

YO PEOPLE if you don't follow and devote yourself to other people, your own life may significantly improve!!

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:54:57 -0800

It is fucking hilarious when Christians get all OH NO YOU ARE WORSHIPPING THE HINDU PANTHEON about ordinary suburban North American yoga classes. But then there's this, so. Apparently some people think the suburban yoga classes aren't worshipping the Hindu pantheon enough.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:56:28 -0800

/ is Christian / doesn't do yoga / see above re: adzuki bean farts

By: Durin's Bane

Durin's Bane — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:07:24 -0800

While we're on the topic, can someone explain this classic failblog picture? Surely it's staged???

By: RakDaddy

RakDaddy — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:13:05 -0800

It is told that The One, the all mighty Shivaji, climbed to the top of Mount Kailash with his radiant wife Parvati. And there they spent ten thousand years in union. ..we call this first position naas-tee -Talvin Singh, Decca Flashman beat me to it.

By: bquarters

bquarters — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:20:14 -0800

I feel like yelling like JOB "Come ON!". Of course lots of yoginis want to have sex with their yoga instructors! Or...am I generalizing from a sample of one? (one of each, I guess).

By: bquarters

bquarters — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:27:16 -0800

Actually that's disrespectful to the yoga practice and to the instructors and students. Some instructors are very attractive but I shouldn't make jokes like that. I was overexcited by the combination of yoga, the nytimes, and the opportunity to make an Arrested Development joke. Apologies. .

By: randomkeystrike

randomkeystrike — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:28:23 -0800

Get back on your mat, Brad...

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:59:44 -0800

It'll be nice when society comes around to understand swinging is the norm and monogamy is freaky. D-oh, fit flexible people wanna fuck. NORMAL.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:02:01 -0800

This sounds like a job for the Yoga Action Squad.

By: Dodecadermaldenticles

Dodecadermaldenticles — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:14:03 -0800

So... the point is that I should start doing yoga. Is that right?

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:37:11 -0800

Every time I look at the linked text I am convinced it links to porn.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:28:16 -0800

It turns out that some individuals can think themselves into states of sexual ecstasy — a phenomenon known clinically as spontaneous orgasm and popularly as "thinking off." You'll grow hair on your pons! (Go third eye blind?)

By: codswallop

codswallop — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:47:26 -0800

Beverly, I can see that your vagina is clenching...

By: Cocodrillo

Cocodrillo — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:54:34 -0800

I am plainly doing it wrong.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:48:09 -0800

There is a certain kind of creepy yoga guy who is so fucking sexual harassypants all over the place. Also, his farts smell like adzuki beans and patchouli. ::shudders:: oh god does he wear his hair in one of those man bunsor just a regular ponytail. guh rosssssss

By: orme

orme — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:31:59 -0800

I gotta admit, the first few minutes of a yoga class I am very distracted by all the contorting lycra bodies and stuff but then those thoughts are quickly banished by OH GOD THE PAIN.

By: bukvich

bukvich — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:48:14 -0800

John Friend was in the New York Times in 2010 (link here) and I swear there was a big brouhaha thread on metafilter at the time but when I search for yoga + 2010 + July + site:metafilter.com I don't see the thread on my search results returned. I don't know the guy but I know the type and that original piece made him look like the prototype yoga instructor poon hound except they said he did millions in annual business and he lives in a huge house and very few yoga instructors are in that pay grade.

By: the sobsister

the sobsister — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:35:59 -0800

Metafilter - a phenomenon known clinically as spontaneous orgasm and popularly as "thinking off."

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:48:58 -0800

Science has begun to clarify the inner mechanisms. In Russia and India, scientists have measured sharp rises in testosterone — a main hormone of sexual arousal in both men and women. I mean, I'm sure this is correct. But my understanding is that it's also true for resistance exercise in general. I'd be pretty surprised if yoga had some special, unique ability to elevate testosterone.

By: Dodecadermaldenticles

Dodecadermaldenticles — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:00:03 -0800

I always thought that THIS is "thinking off."

By: stratastar

stratastar — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:46:35 -0800

Broad also wrote the article about people hurting themselves in yoga a month or so ago. He has a book coming out. *yells like Dhalsim* Yoga-Gate!!! (Now that I think about it, I'm really disappointing that you don't get to learn how to randomly teleport to unstrategic locations in Hatha, Iyengar OR Bikram, what are these yogi's doing in their spare... *RTFA*... ohhhhhhhh)

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:36:14 -0800

More recently, scientists at the University of British Columbia have documented how fast breathing — done in many yoga classes — can increase blood flow through the genitals. The effect was found to be strong enough to promote sexual arousal not only in healthy individuals but among those with diminished libidos.

Is that what's going on here? Or is that something completely different?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:43:33 -0800

> Or is that something completely different? Kind of, but that's only to charge the yoni. To get the lingam ready for action try this position.

By: kaiseki

kaiseki — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:03:48 -0800

Thank you me-fites! I was having a rotten morning reading the Rush thread. Then I came here and laughed my ass off. Ya'll are some funny motherf***ers.