things we think about during savasana

“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.

Hatha yoga — the parent of the styles now practiced around the globe — began as a branch of Tantra. In medieval India, Tantra devotees sought to fuse the male and female aspects of the cosmos into a blissful state of consciousness.

The rites of Tantric cults, while often steeped in symbolism, could also include group and individual sex. One text advised devotees to revere the female sex organ and enjoy vigorous intercourse. Candidates for worship included actresses and prostitutes, as well as the sisters of practitioners.”

Very similar to the Western concept of endomorph/mesomorph/ectomorph, and there is also the attribution of personality types to body type. I understand and respect that yoga is primarily spiritual as well as physical, but I’m calling bullshit on this one. Correlating whether or not someone is calm during times of stress or angry during times of stress with their body type? Please.

—Karin

winstonwrites:

“Audrey finds that ‘the ability to relax is an important asset to keeping healthy.’”

what a classy way to say FUCK YEAH SAVASANA.