tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post8596811838786193874..comments2024-03-21T00:30:14.738-07:00Comments on Yoga in the Dragon's Den: Is it possible to become a yogaholic?Nobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-53236859109030890252011-12-09T11:25:08.666-08:002011-12-09T11:25:08.666-08:00Thanks for writing all these thought-provoking pos...Thanks for writing all these thought-provoking posts so that people like me can have something to blog about, Bindy :-) I hope you heal quickly and resume your asana practice soon. In the meantime, please continue to write.Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-89020342950131468602011-12-09T08:03:39.437-08:002011-12-09T08:03:39.437-08:00careful now....i'm glad this funny article is ...careful now....i'm glad this funny article is being seriously discussed all over the internet. i wonder how some yoga people would like to stop doing asana for half a year! that's me. now it's 30 minutes of pranayama & 30 of sitting. i haven't died yet but boy am i getting tight. oh well. life happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-29958306665882925712011-12-08T14:38:11.944-08:002011-12-08T14:38:11.944-08:00Hello Roselil, I think you are right that my defin...Hello Roselil, I think you are right that my definition II isn't valid. I guess the wiki definition that you quoted would have to do for now :-)Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-77857905448529865372011-12-08T03:38:17.717-08:002011-12-08T03:38:17.717-08:00Your definition II isn't valid either. Take t...Your definition II isn't valid either. Take tooth brushing as an example and you'll find that it is<br /><br />1) done very regularly.<br />2) you suffer symptoms if you don't. <br />3) it is not necessary in order to survive.<br /><br />Like some people can have compulsory eating disorders where they eat way more than needed to survive/stay healthy others can probably also have compulsory teeth brushing disorders - like if they brush and brush and brush all day long and neglect life and social contacts on that account. Or if they spend all their money on new tooth brushes and maybe even take loans to buy more and more.<br /><br />Likewise a yoga addiction could be when you do yoga (asana?) from morning to midnight everyday and forget to eat and work and pay your bills and take care of your kids.<br /><br />----<br /><br />The term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences, as deemed by the user themselves to their individual health, mental state, or social life (from wikipedia)roselilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-77114398188866696482011-12-06T11:32:22.742-08:002011-12-06T11:32:22.742-08:00Thanks for sharing, RV. Actually, for the last two...Thanks for sharing, RV. Actually, for the last two years, I have been doing at least some asana everyday; I cheat a little on moon days too, by doing a couple of Surya As, just because I can't stand being all stiff and such. So I may be addicted without knowing it; it's just that I haven't had the opportunity to suffer any withdrawal symptoms :-)<br /><br />I'll think about how to go about conducting the study/poll.Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-40511863939447750712011-12-06T08:22:00.927-08:002011-12-06T08:22:00.927-08:00Hi Nobel; I read the post on the studies that link...Hi Nobel; I read the post on the studies that linked Yoga practitioners to mental disorders last week; and it made me Laugh out Loud; But not as much as your last sentence: " Beware: You never know if the person on the mat next to you is a silently-long-suffering yogaholic" !!!! <br /><br />I have to admit I do feel very unbalanced and call myself "crazy" when I haven't had my dose of Ashtanga. Maybe we should conduct this study within the blogging Ashtangi community to weight out just how "addicted" we all are. <br /><br />Would be fun! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com