What’s Wrong with YOGA Today. A Hot Yogi’s Take!
After 45 years of teaching Hot Yoga and certifying over 2,500 teachers worldwide, I have had a front row seat to how this community has evolved. Some of it has been beautiful. Some of it, honestly, has not.
Lately, one thing keeps standing out to me. We have become quicker to judge each other than to support each other. A teacher does a pose slightly differently than another studio taught it, and suddenly it is treated like a mistake instead of just a variation. Different lineages, different teachers, different training, that is not a flaw in this practice, it is the natural result of yoga being passed down through real people over decades.
Somewhere along the way, a lot of us lost sight of that. In this week's video, I share my honest take on what I think is really going wrong in the Hot Yoga world today, and why judgment in this community matters more than people realize.
If this resonates with you, whether you are a teacher, a student, or just someone who has felt judged for how you practice, I would love for you to watch it:
Love & Light,
Jimmy