Yoga is often associated with discipline, that can evolve into rigidity and sometimes turn-off yoga curious newcomers. When I meet new people who find out I’m a yoga teacher, they automatically hesitate when talking about eating meat, partying or being anti religion…which gives me a chuckle because I eat meat, drink alcohol & I would not consider myself religious. I always wondered why yoga gets tied to this sort of rule following rigidity, because I personally never felt that way when beginning my yoga journey. I think the answer is two-fold.