International Yoga Day is here, and surely you will see people posting pictures and videos of them doing yoga, even though they must have not touched their yoga mats all throughout the year. Moving on, as it is not good to be too salty, yoga traditionally was all about only doing asanas and breathing exercises to bring an equilibrium to your body. But looks like people have decided to give “fun” twists to this as well. There are bizarre types of yoga that people from all across the world have been practising, and I thought to share them with you!
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1. Tantrum Yoga
Starting with the weirdest one from the list, Tantrum yoga is exactly what you think it is. People throw tantrums by stomping their feet and screaming like a toddler. Apparently, it is supposed to be cathartic.
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2. Goat Yoga
Sigh. It keeps getting weirder, doesn’t it? In Goat yoga, people do yoga with goats. Yep, these bleeting little animals keep you company while you stretch. Oh, they might also come to sit on your back for a couple of asanas.
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3. Cannabis Yoga
Someone thought it would be a great idea to make people smoke weed and then make them do yoga. The thought behind this is that after smoking marijuana, the muscles become relaxed and which helps people in doing yoga comfortably. The very purpose of yoga is to loosen muscles, no?
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4. Nude yoga
This is for those who do not like to wear yoga pants and sports bras while practising yoga. As self-explanatory as this is, people strip their clothes and then do the asanas because they find this more liberating and maybe, also because being nude gives go more mobility, maybe?
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5. Hot Yoga
In this type of yoga, people sweat it out like they do in the gym. As per various reports, the temperature for hot yoga ranges anywhere between 70 to 90 degrees. That’s crazy!
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Also read: Can’t Stay Focused? Health Guru Advises These 5 Yoga Asanas To Boost Concentration
6. Gin Yoga
Uff, this is too much now! The trainers who hold gin yoga classes make their pupils have a shot of gin because they believe the drink loosens muscles, making it easier for people to do the asanas.
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I think Baba Ramdev will be traumatised if he hears about all these kinds of weird yogas people practising!