Crazy Marketing Claims in Ads

springlering62

Well thank heavens my cardiologist is watching out for my hanging belly. Good job, that.

AnnPT77

"Purple peel trick"??!?! 🙄😬🤣

How do they come up with this stuff?

COGypsy

springlering62 wrote: »

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Lietchi wrote: »

The text above seems reasonable enough, the text in the picture however - I'd love to lose 23lbs thanks to a 7-minute routine :
(PS: losing 23 lbs of belly fat, I hope she lost lbs on other parts of her body as well or her body proportions must look strange )

The 7-minute routine would almost have to be some form of yogic bulimia, seems like. 😬

In fairness, I’ve done yoga for years, including other states and countries, and have heard and seen some wierd stuff, but have never heard of yogic bulimia, except for one frequent poster here who did yoga and mentioned an issue with that particular ED. But I think she later said that was an interpretation/rationalization she’d come up with herself.

I know you meant it in humor and am far from offended, but some folks out there might pick that up and run with it.

Every yoga class I’ve done has focused on body positivity and self respect. Even the white clad ones I showed up in my usual rainbow gear for the practice, not having a clue. Luckily, no one spoke English so they just smiled and we carried on.

I did a form of yoga where they'd have periodic weekend workshops where they'd eat/drink some "cleanse" stuff, then do particular yoga exercises to enhance that effect. The bathroom was used a lot, IMU, but not for purging upward, if you know what I mean. I think I have a booklet with the exercises around here somewhere, and recall the exercises as non-extreme, but never participated in those workshops. I assume the food/drink part was . . . self-abusive, and I wouldn't do that.
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Wow. I am shocked. Though, I should be unshockable by this age, I suppose.

My daughter is an instructor, has spent time in an ashram, and does websites and social media for a bunch of studios scattered around the country, as well as a large yoga festival in CA. I’m going to throw this at her and see if she’s ever heard of this.

Man, I am so grateful for the outstanding quality of the studio I’m fortunate enough to have on my doorstep. I need to tell the owner that again. I still thank her regularly for maintaining her full schedule, via Zoom, during the pandemic. Sanity saver for so many of us.

The closest I’ve ever come to anything like that is someone occasionally mentioning “twists are good for digestion”!

I think crazy diet stuff is more integrated into yoga than people think. I used to do a hot yoga class at a chain studio that said you needed to do a 24 hour fast to optimize the class results. Water if you must, but dry fasting was better. Multiple instructors gave that instruction at the end of class. I ignored that part, but wonder how many people got sick from that advice. Needless to say, yoga was just a passing fancy in my fitness journey.

springlering62

COGypsy wrote: »

springlering62 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

springlering62 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Lietchi wrote: »

The text above seems reasonable enough, the text in the picture however - I'd love to lose 23lbs thanks to a 7-minute routine :
(PS: losing 23 lbs of belly fat, I hope she lost lbs on other parts of her body as well or her body proportions must look strange )

The 7-minute routine would almost have to be some form of yogic bulimia, seems like. 😬

In fairness, I’ve done yoga for years, including other states and countries, and have heard and seen some wierd stuff, but have never heard of yogic bulimia, except for one frequent poster here who did yoga and mentioned an issue with that particular ED. But I think she later said that was an interpretation/rationalization she’d come up with herself.

I know you meant it in humor and am far from offended, but some folks out there might pick that up and run with it.

Every yoga class I’ve done has focused on body positivity and self respect. Even the white clad ones I showed up in my usual rainbow gear for the practice, not having a clue. Luckily, no one spoke English so they just smiled and we carried on.

I did a form of yoga where they'd have periodic weekend workshops where they'd eat/drink some "cleanse" stuff, then do particular yoga exercises to enhance that effect. The bathroom was used a lot, IMU, but not for purging upward, if you know what I mean. I think I have a booklet with the exercises around here somewhere, and recall the exercises as non-extreme, but never participated in those workshops. I assume the food/drink part was . . . self-abusive, and I wouldn't do that.
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Wow. I am shocked. Though, I should be unshockable by this age, I suppose.

My daughter is an instructor, has spent time in an ashram, and does websites and social media for a bunch of studios scattered around the country, as well as a large yoga festival in CA. I’m going to throw this at her and see if she’s ever heard of this.

Man, I am so grateful for the outstanding quality of the studio I’m fortunate enough to have on my doorstep. I need to tell the owner that again. I still thank her regularly for maintaining her full schedule, via Zoom, during the pandemic. Sanity saver for so many of us.

The closest I’ve ever come to anything like that is someone occasionally mentioning “twists are good for digestion”!

I think crazy diet stuff is more integrated into yoga than people think. I used to do a hot yoga class at a chain studio that said you needed to do a 24 hour fast to optimize the class results. Water if you must, but dry fasting was better. Multiple instructors gave that instruction at the end of class. I ignored that part, but wonder how many people got sick from that advice. Needless to say, yoga was just a passing fancy in my fitness journey.

Ye gods. And a hot studio, too.

A “dry” fast? SMH.

That’s so some of these folks will think they’ve “lost weight” and chalk it up to hot yoga?

My studio strongly encourages hydration and we take a few breaths break between sets to grab a sip.