Rock-n-roll yoga tees
I'm pretty tickled by these rock-n-roll yoga tees -- yoga's been doing wonders for my general health, flexibility and back pain (not to mention my state of mind), but I do get a little tired of the sheer hippietrippiness of it all. A little AC/DC homage is just what the guru ordered. Yoga T-Shirt (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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Huzzah! Let's further profane and commodify a spiritual tradition for the sake of chasing a westernized, misogynist body politic! Weee! Appropriating spirituality sure does generate capital!
Way to live up to your handle there, buddy...
I have one like this. It was a gift. I used to wear it when I did yoga because it was fun. But now I won't, because now I know what it's truly about. Thanks for that Satori, Stupidjerk. What a great name.
yeah, enough hippytrippyness. lets go for comercialism-trendyness
I'm a fan of the irreverent yoga shirts from Namaste Mofo, too.
http://namastemofo.com
Hippietrippy? My regular students include half a dozen in their late seventies (with the occasional eighty or ninety year old), one fresh from a hip replacement, a fresh pacemaker, a double-mastectomy-on-chemo grandmother and a host of middle-aged Mexican ladies who don't speak English. I am definitely the only hippie in the room.
And, StupidJerk, lighten up. The lightning bolt or vajra is a tantric symbol.
Om ah hum vajra guru padma siddhi hum
I'll do anything to work my tantric. It makes my kundalini feel sooo goood.
I should lighten up, don't want to get in the way of anyone buying anything. I don't object to the use of the vajra, I object to profiting from its use. I know, I know, profiting off of spirituality and religion through the appropriation of its symbols is old news and rather normal, but that doesn't make it cool or acceptable.
Also, satori? Don't mix up your traditions, Mr.Jeff.
Atmasakshatkara, maybe...oh, I mean Atma$ak$hatkara...
Bah, I really read the headline as 'Rock-n-roll yoga trees'. Plus there was a tree in the picture. Then I saw the tee.
Again, bah.
The yuppie studio owner that I teach at bought some of these to sell and every time I see them I get very very sad.
Please check out the blog I just started http://ygbmb.blgspt.cm/ in the next day or two with an entry regarding the cause of thing like this, it's in the works and the bomb is dropping.
I know this t-shirt would help my kundalini immensely...
For those about to Simha-asana, we salute you!
They need to put some XL's in their shirt sizes. Some of us are not teeny-tiny yogis.
yogiphil,
Your blog URL can go on your profile page. Thanks.
Stupidjerk, my satori is not dependant on tradition. My satori is real in of itself and would only be limited by a firmly entreched mindset. The sort of mindset that can result from following a tradtion in a way that prevents growth through change. No change, no growth.
I'm trying very hard to hate this shirt. Like the way I hated Madonna making a cheap pop track out of a yoga mantra that is part of my daily practice. But I cannot - it just makes me smile a little. Maybe it's just that a cute boy is modeling it...
But if there are no XLs I'm safe from committing sins of consumerism. I'm a muscle boy and need a big T :-)
I'm not a part of yoga culture in any form, but my wife takes classes. She's enjoys it, and it seems to promote good health and stress reduction. Is there a harm in selling these shirts? If you must wear a shirt with some kind of ad affixed to it, why not one that champions a healthy lifestyle? Seems like a good idea to me.
However, isn't ac/dc sold out to the Target brand? I like the medieval design with the hand and heart better.
Haw haw haw. Either you tried to out pretentious me, rf you missed my joke entirely...satori is a concept from mainly japanese mahayana buddhist traditions, specifically zen buddhism. See, it was a bit of a dig at the mindless mixing and matching of eastern religions by westerners! That's all!
Enjoy your satori, remember to count exhalations and fluff up your zabuton. You can buy those online too.
OWA TAJER KIAM...
Sorry, but when the people at my local yoga studio size you up based on how many 'oms' you have plastered on your yogi-wear, a stick in their eye like this was inevitable. Namaste motherf*ckers indeed.
First of all, yoga is utterly syncretic, so talking about mindless mixing is inapplicable. Second, selling religious supplies to yoga practitioners has gone on since either yoga or commerce was invented. Third, nobody in India would blink an eye at the idea of making money from yoga supplies. Unless you're a wandering, skyclad sadhu.
I just wanna know where I can order the model
So, I get the Beatles, AC/DC, Cheap Trick & The Who references, but I don't get the rest. What are they? (maybe bands newer than 1975?)
-geekd
Happily, there's a yoga for everyone. Cory, when you're next in L.A., check out Black Dog Yoga in the Valley. The hippy factor is pretty muted. In Los Angeles, a lot of the schools are more about working out than working in -- though you can find anything you're looking for with yoga schools as ubiquitous as gas stations!
Shill!
Hippie, not ''hippy.''
maybe she meant there weren't many chubby people.
chubby is against regs in w.hollywood. massive fines.
I'm pretty tickled by that T-shirt model.
blessed with adiposity?
I can't get anybody interested in banning handguns, so I'll switch to a less controversial crusade.
I have to admit I like this and the Namaste Mofo shirts, I mean Yoga is pretty good stretching and occasional mental well being for those who get into that side of it. But sometimes a little critical analysis and sense of humour is a good thing.
hey
we have the same shirt,
but with our name on it!
check it out:
http://www.ec.vc/?p=57
Guess the dude in the pic with the gun could use a nameste mofo tee.
http://yogadawg.blogspot.com/2007/08/yoga-news-pistol-packin-yoga.html
Remember that there are many paths to the mountain top. Some of us may take the AC/DC path, others may take a seemingly more reverent approach, but in the end we all want the same things and we are all one. Peace in, brothers and sisters, peace in...
Namastemofo.com is AWESOME! I like these shirt a heck of a lot more! More of a bold statement!
Please send all available gurus my way...