Do Celebrities Who Do Yoga Inspire or Annoy You?
A question to you all: When you see an article on a celebrity doing yoga, does it make you want to hit the mat more? Or do you have the opposite reaction, i.e., “Eeeuww, yoga has gotten so annoyingly trendy.” Or: “Great, I’ll never look like Cristy Turlington, so why bother.” Or is your reaction somewhat in-between?
I have an opportunity to write for a new online yoga publication, but the founder is obsessed with focusing on celebrities and gossip as a way to get more people doing yoga. I’m torn…I could use the money and writing credits, but I personally don’t find an excessive focus on celebrities to be appealing, nor is this the direction I want to see yoga go. However, I understand the desire to pander to the lowest common denominator to reach more eyeballs – said founder has a theory that celebrities will “inspire” others, and the more people who do yoga, the better.
Thoughts? Should I whore myself out in the name of trendy yoga gossip or what?
As they say…inquiring minds want to know…
I could care less if celebrities do yoga. It doesn’t really affect me. They deserve to find peace and enlightenment like the rest of us, I suppose.
But gossiping about celebrity yogis to promote yoga? That bothers me. I understand the argument that it doesn’t matter why you go to yoga, as long as you get there. Unfortunately it reminds me of bad religious proseltyzing of my youth–anything to get the butt in the pew. Even if that “anything” is mispresentation.
seeing celebrities do yoga does absolutely nothing for me. and i almost think it turns me off a little bit. i’m not sure why. i don’t want my yoga trendy!!!
I could care less if I see a celebrity doing yoga. Makes no difference to my practice…
If celebrities do it, it can’t be any good…! that’s for sure!
I wouldn’t respond to that as much as I would hearing about how good yoga makes you feel no matter your skill level.
Paula Abdul is the face of g2fit.com for yoga mats. I guess she does yoga. I always thought she was a dancer.
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