Here is New York

Okay, so this is kind of amusing. First, there was that NY Times magazine article titled “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.” It created an uproar (including from yours truly) because it gave the impression that maybe it’s just better to quit yoga than, you know, do it correctly and not be competitive.

On the heels of that comes this video from Equinox gyms starring Briohny Kate-Smyth, a lithe yogini doing a number of amazing asanas in her lingerie against the backdrop of a man in her rumpled bed (most men will probably not even notice this, so focused will they be on lovely Briohny’s body). This viral video also has created another uproar in the normally-peaceful yoga community. Kathryn Budig, a yogini who posed for a “Toe Sox” ad wearing nothing but the socks, has defended Briohny, saying ‘Hey don’t judge.”

Okay.

Now the website Feminsting has weighed in saying pretty much the opposite of what the NY Times article was about. The message here is “Yoga is good for you…just not THAT good. You can do yoga till the cows come home and you’ll never have a body like Briohny who, after all, is a world class athlete.” It’s all very interesting watching the arguments for and against the benefits and dangers of yoga go back and forth so quickly that you could get a strained neck.

Me, I think I’ll be in child’s pose until the controversy blows over.