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I always hear the best way to relax is through yoga. Many people choose this as an activity and that helps improve both the physical and mental status of usually women. Society has always given us yoga as a way to relax. When I think the practice of yoga I think of very skinny women who use it to be able to relax. This is a body practice because people become “addicted” to yoga. They practice it every day and this leads intro the idea of a docile body. Women should be very fit and always exercising to achieve a good body. When looking at pictures of yoga or looking at videos, there are mainly women in the advertisements. Yoga has become more and more popular in America due to the increase in the want to be skinny and lean. It has also become more popular due to the high stress levels that people have encountered; many people practice yoga to help them compensate for the long stress-filled days. Our society puts a lot of pressure onto people trying to make them “perfect” and yoga is a way to cope with this high pressure situations. There has always been just the normal yoga but has in the last few years we have been introduces into other types, such as hatha, power, and sculpt. This relates to when Bordo said 'pursuit(s) without a terminus' (Bordo, 166), because when does the goal for good body end? People take it to the limits in order to achieve a more attractive body.
I always hear the best way to relax is through yoga. Many people choose this as an activity and that helps improve both the physical and mental status of usually women. Society has always given us yoga as a way to relax. When I think the practice of yoga I think of very skinny women who use it to be able to relax. This is a body practice because people become “addicted” to yoga. They practice it every day and this leads intro the idea of a docile body. Women should be very fit and always exercising to achieve a good body. When looking at pictures of yoga or looking at videos, there are mainly women in the advertisements. Yoga has become more and more popular in America due to the increase in the want to be skinny and lean. It has also become more popular due to the high stress levels that people have encountered; many people practice yoga to help them compensate for the long stress-filled days. Our society puts a lot of pressure onto people trying to make them “perfect” and yoga is a way to cope with this high pressure situations. There has always been just the normal yoga but has in the last few years we have been introduces into other types, such as hatha, power, and sculpt. This relates to when Bordo said 'pursuit(s) without a terminus' (Bordo, 166), because when does the goal for good body end? People take it to the limits in order to achieve a more attractive body.
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