Saturday, January 5, 2008

New Year, New Yoga Association


In the spirit of YogaDawg, I am proposing the first ever undenominational (pronounced un-DEE-nominational) yoga association.

Rule 1. No certifications allowed.

Rule 2. No shoes allowed. (sticky socks are permissible)

Rule 3. You must practice whichever style of yoga feels right to you on a particular day. If no style feels right, you must make up your own.

Rule 4. No criticizing other members of the undenominational yoga association for food/beverage choices, pose preferences, wardrobe collections, or creative props.

Rule 5. You only get to read Yoga Journal if you take what you like and leave what you don’t like. Otherwise, you must write your own yoga reading materials.

Rule 6. If one or all of rules 1 – 5 are violated, the association must gather for an emergency intervention. The member in violation of the rules must stand on a chair, surrounded by at least 10 other association members who are designated as sponsors. The member in violation must then place his hand on the seat of his pants and pull his undies out of a wad.

Please let me know if you’re interested in joining.

14 comments:

YogaDawg said...

You know I'm there:)

Luke D said...

I love you! Please alow me to join. Can we laugh and make fun of everything and still be nice people?
Can we be silly and still be serious?
Please look at my boga http://heavyyoga.blogspot.com/
And www.heavyyoga.com I have been starting a new kind of yoga.
I am just starting but have bags of ideas. Luke

Nadine Fawell said...

Hi Melissa!

I found you via YogaDawg's link. I am so there!

Can we have a certificate burning ceremony? Maybe we can toss the undies in too?

treehousejukebox said...

I'm in! :)

Yogamum said...

Count me in as well! Brilliant!

JustMyMat said...

Sounds like a great idea. If you ever want to have a random giveaway or prize for your members please check out www.JustMyMat.com. We would love to donate a free personalized eco friendly yoga mat and bag.

Total Health Yoga - Kris said...

Does this mean the wearing of undies is a pre-requisite?

Marya said...

Yay! Love it. May I join? Then I know what to say when people ask what kind of Yoga I do - unDEEnominational.

Laura said...

Hi, Melissa, I found you from Nadine's blog -- your idea is catching! I am thrilled with it! On last count, I had applied for 7 different levels of certification for various things with Yoga Alliance. I would be thrilled to move on from it all...

skelly said...

count me in too :-)

Cupcakes & Yoga said...

This sounds like a good idea! Count me in! :)

Linda (Sama) said...

hey, I'll join. but only if we can ritually burn a copy of Yoga Journal every month.

Melissa Garvey said...

Please refer to rule #5. Members, I think it's time for an emergency intervention?

CB said...

I think I 've died and gone to yoga heaven. This rocks.