What would you expect your yoga class to be like – calm, noiseless, serene, Zen-like and peaceful so that you can drop your many random thoughts, and embark on a soul-searching journey? Not if you enrolled yourself in Dickens Pub in Calgary, Canada.
These classes involve heavy metal music, swearing, yelling and alcohol.
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Even if the idea started out as a joke, Istace, the badass, unconventional Yogi thought of going ahead with it.
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Not meant for everyone, it aims at letting emotions out in an honest way. TBH, anyone who tries Yoga out for the first time, will need to swear a little anyway.
Her website reads, “Want to better your strength, flexibility and become zen as fuck? Enjoy the occasional f-bomb or innuendo? You’ve come to the right place.”
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The 24-year-old Istace, who created Rage Yoga after going through a painful breakup, said that she found it appealed to first-timers who were intimated by the ‘usual yoga culture’ but also to experienced yoga students who wanted ‘something a little less serious’.
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She charges $12 for a class and the price includes a free beer ticket (who wouldn’t sign up for these classes!) – students are invited to take ‘hydration’ breaks at the bar.
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Istace, a contortionist, fire-eater and juggler and told CBC, “When I started going to yoga classes, I felt like I didn’t really fit in at a lot of those different studios. [They have a] very deadpan, serious, overly serene approach to things. And that’s just not how I roll.”
So, maybe turn on some loud music, grab a mat, pour yourself a glass of Chenin Blanc, yell a little at your ex/maid/boss/neighbour/anyone/anything and give Rage Yoga a shot.
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While this cultural appropriation may enrage some of the non-rage Yogis, it sure is making a lot of other people, who are not very comfortable in a silent, serene class warm up to Yoga.
Wrong or right, we do not know, at times, conversations are only a means to lead us somewhere, or not. But why not try something new and different anyway!