Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Art: Can yoga be considered a form of art?
In western culture, sometimes I think of yoga as
a class with cute moms in lulu lemons and Nikes trying to get away from their
daily lives for an hour and be calm while getting in some exercise then moving
on with their busy lives. Once I started going and taking it up on my own I
realized there’s so much more to it that I don’t have a clue about. I’m really
glad it came to America, but I want to know more about the history of it. From
reading about it and watching videos for hours on YouTube and attending
classes, I’ve learned that there are so many detailed parts to yoga and that
someone who grew up doing it in Asia somewhere can do it perfectly and I’m
farrrrrr from it. Even though I’ve progressed a ton and I feel more confident
about it, practicing yoga is definitely a lifestyle and takes so much time to
master because each and every pose has a specific way to do it in order for it
to be correct or whatever. The crazy poses where the person is upside-down
doing something weird with their legs or balancing on something are the
hardest. It takes so many steps to get into those poses and you take a breath
at each and do it very slowly to get it correct and to really get into the
pose. But what I’m getting at is that maybe that can be considered a form of
art? There’s so much technique to it and the poses are called things like
Pigeon and Tree and stuff and I’m wondering if people in japan or china or India
or wherever yoga came from if they consider it art? And if so, I want to know
all about it!
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