Why does social media always cop the blame?

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TO BLAME social media for an alleged demise in the art and historically rich practice of yoga seems pretty far-fetched.

 

 

 

There is no question that as an Indian physical, mental, and spiritual practice, the broad varieties of yoga have been embraced by Western culture as one of the best forms of physical maintenance and exercise.

 

 

 

But according to Australian National University yoga teacher and PhD student Gina Woodhill, it’s our culture of social media and narcissism, as well as a lack of regulation, that will make the practice of yoga in Australia a challenge.

 

 

 

“There are people who go and do their 200 hours of teacher training and become very arrogant,” Ms Woodhill said. “A lot of people get caught up in ego and showing off on social media. To be a yoga teacher requires more humility than anything else.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s International Yoga Day. Shouldn’t we all chill out?

 

 

 

Ms Woodhill was venting her Shiva spleen ahead of International Yoga Day today, saying that for some people who take up yoga because it’s cool, social media can be very negative.

 

 

 

“Contorting your body into a pretzel on Instagram doesn’t mean you are doing yoga, that’s just your body type,’’ she says.

 

 

 

Hang on a minute. Here we go. Let’s blame social media. Again.

 

 

 

Let’s get something right here. With social media, you can choose to opt in. Or opt out. Be part of it. Not be part of it. Or just cruise in and out of it when and if you like.

 

 

 

Anyone who continues with an us-and-them attitude toward social media needs to get over it. It is here. It is vital. And it can’t be wholly and solely blamed for any evil that someone may think it is doing.

 

 

 

 

Can the humble art of yoga and the self expression of social media coexist?

Edited April 15, 2020 by -Dark
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