03/31/2023
👖While wearing comfortable clothing during a yoga practice is important, the type of pants we wear, or the brand of our mat has little to do with the essence of yoga. In fact, new yoga pants and other trendy gear may even have the opposite effect, leading to a distraction from the practice itself.
🧘Yoga has been described by the ancient Indian sage Patanjali as the "stilling of the mind's activity." True practice of yoga is about quieting the mind through asana (postures), pranayama (breathing practice), chanting, studying of the scriptures and meditation.
👀 When we do these practices consistently, over time we are able to see a new pair of yoga pants as just that, as something we wear. Then our decision to purchase the pants does not come from trying to reinforce an identity. We are not trying to bolster a fashionista identity or any other identities we may have around yoga clothes.
💕 Why would we choose to buy a new pair of pants then? For the pure fun of it! Like a child may put on a costume or an adult watch a thriller — all just for fun.