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Eating Chocolate During Yoga Now a Good Idea?
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jan 27, 2010
Modified Jan 27, 2010
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The latest Times trend piece looks at a new combination of exercise and indulgence that is taking the city by storm: foodie yoga. Yes, combining the ancient and often holy practice of yoga with bacon and wine has become extremely popular. One yoga teacher, Sadie Nardini, claims it is a backlash against the "yogier than thou" mentality that purists hold, but is eating while doing yoga pushing the "anything goes" idea a little too far?
While people have indulged in both yoga and food trends for decades, many studios are bringing the food into the classroom. Exhale Spa offers a "Yoga for Foodies" class, started by David Romanelli, that starts with an hour of yoga, and ends with encouragements to “ssssmell the squassshhhh waaaafting through the air,” as yogis dine on butternut squash soup, pasta and wine. Of course, these courses have opened up an even bigger debate about omnivores v. vegans in yogic culture. Ahimsa, the first rule of yoga, is not to harm others. "Others" has been interpreted to include humans, animals and even diets where "each vegetable must be grown in an atmosphere of positive energy." The Yoga for Foodies classes are definitely not for the purists.
Mr. Romanelli believes that “What yoga teachers do and what chefs do is not so different...We take everyday actions like moving and eating, and slow you down so you can appreciate them.” Up Next: the Times trend singularity is reached when foodies start bringing growlers to yoga.
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