@allalong it sounds like you didn't have a good experience especially as the breathing class sounded quite stressful!
I think one of the issues is that rather than yoga having changed generally the full background of yoga and all aspects haven't been taught in the West. In India Pranayama for instance is well known and probably practiced more frequently than the asanas (physical po
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