What Yoga leads to

Yoga teachers and how-to books seldom mention that the discipline began as a sex cult — an omission that leaves many practitioners open to libidinal surprise. 

Funny that they wouldn't mention that.  It reminds me of something. What is the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah, "seduction", it reminds me of seduction. That's how you seduce someone: you get them to play the game while soft-pedaling any discussion of where the game leads. "Hey, just flirt and dance with me—this doesn't have to go anywhere*."

On the other hand, it takes two to play the seduction game**. It's odd that the NYT says "libidinal surprise" as if it were a bad thing. As if women didn't like a little libidinal surprise. And I have to say that my entire experience says there is probably nothing women crave more.

I doubt women go to yoga classes specifically seeking sex but I also suspect that sex is always part of it. If she can really go and stretch on a mat in a hot room in scanty and tight clothing for an entire class with others similarly dressed and not see the sexual aspect, there is no hope for her. (I say not "see" the sexual aspect for she will certainly feel it whether she choose to be in denial about this or not.)


* ADDED: General advice to women, one of the ways you can be pretty sure a guy is a not reliable is if he always wants to be with you but never quite asks you out on a date. It's always, "Hey want to just hang out," or that old favourite from university days, "Why don't we go up to my room and just talk". . The guys who do this often seem timid, and they may even actually be timid, but you'd still be a fool not to suspect what he's up to. He is timid precisely because he doesn't want to risk anything and he certainly doesn't want any sort of relationship with you but you can be sure he's trying to channel things towards sex.

** What works against women and for the male in the yoga scenario is the numbers. Being surrounded by other scantily clad women an relatively few men will both lower her inhibitions and push her to compete. And that is a powerful combination that works entirely in men's favour.