Comments on: Topic du Jour: What Comes First the Chicken or the Yoga? The Great Vegetarian Debate

By: Yoga for Foodies: Sinful Delights in a Sacred Setting? Gluttons Rejoice, Kindle Veg Debate

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:55:27 +0000

[...] wine, and even bacon! Is that so wrong? Well one would imagine the yogi’s diet is a big bone of contention, as we know – should a yogi be veg? a compassionate [...]

By: Hydrolyze

Hydrolyze — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:43:24 +0000

Just wanted to say hello all. This is my first post.

I expect to learn some good stuff here.

By: emmysydney

emmysydney — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:59:36 +0000

I’m a meat eating yogi, and only recently had the courage to admit that!

I suffered from an eating disorder for 6 years, and cutting out meat used to = cutting out calories for me. As part of y recovery I had to learn to accept nutrition back into my life, to feel that it is ok to give my body what it needs.

Yoga really helped me get through the tough times. In fact, the final breakthrough moment for me that opened the door to recovery occured on my mat. I am eternally grateful to my practice for that. So for me, it saddens me that some in our community pressure others to give up meat, without questioning why they might have chosen to eat it. Surely you can give your fellow yogis the benefit of the doubt – they have probably heard about ahisima, they understand the principles of non-violence, so surely they have made their choice for reasons they don’t feel the need to broadcast?

Anyway, I am going to keep eating meat, and keep practicing yoga. For me personally, growing as a person and learning to love myself means these two go hand in hand for now. I think everyone should be free to make this decision for themselves.

Namaste

By: THE GREAT DEBATE – Are Yoga and Meat-Eating Mutually Exclusive? « Elephantbeans

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:34:00 +0000

[...] on your plate in her Huffington Post flesh-eating confessional, in which many shared their ops. Among the comments, there were some lovers and some haters, and now word on the street has it [...]

By: Affebtegacten

Affebtegacten — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:31:35 +0000

What’s up, is there anybody else here?
If it’s not just all bots here, let me know. I’m looking to network
Oh, and yes I’m a real person LOL.

Bye,

By: Delicious

Delicious — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:45:18 +0000

Yoga is a practice of observation/modification/observation. The process of changing ones eating (and consumption in general) tends to be more long-lasting when it happens slowly over time. Time gives change an opportunity to become your own. Although I am vegetarian, I advise my students to be themselves; be willing to explore and change their eating habits slowly and then observe. Satya/Ahimsa (truth/non-harm) must constantly be balanced. If we were renunciate yogis then a vegetarian diet would be required. But as yogis IN the world, consciousness and balance is required.

By: AshD

AshD — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:30:54 +0000

I am a Yoga teacher and I do eat meat. I tried being a veggie for about a year and a half. Didn’t work out so well. Seems that my body thinks that it has to have meat. I always ate fish so that was one thing that i haven’t given up.

Even when i didn’t eat meat tho I would crave a steak at least once a month. I know now I just have to eat what makes my body happy. Whether it be meat or vegetable.

I do think that mindful eating is a big part. During my YTT we went over a ‘eating mediation’. This helped my swami to loose over 100 lbs. It makes you mindful of what you eat, how it got there, and every bite you chew how it tastes feels and smells as you eat it.

I think that this should be the awareness that people are about not so much about the slaughter or what not just every step the meal made to get to your body.

namaste..
AshD

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:12:04 +0000

Carrie-

I think you made your point very clear and did so quite eloquently. In fact, you said precisely what I wanted to say in my first comment. Thank you for that. Your comment is appreciated!

Jenny

By: Svasti

Svasti — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:44:45 +0000

I’m not offended, just pointing out the inconsistencies in what you wrote. Not only is the path (and how do we define that in a way we all agree on, anyway?) not linear, there’s also no higher and lower ‘points’. If something is not linear, then how can it have points?
And to be clear, what I’m saying is that vegetarianism does not equal enlightenment. I’m sure the Dalai Lama would agree.
What people have done is place certain values on what’s ‘good’ or ‘not good’. That doesn’t make it right, and as I mentioned earlier, there are yogis who very much disagree with that idea.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:57:59 +0000

I think you must have misread my comment because I expressed very clearly that I don’t think that I am at a higher point on the path. As a matter of fact I said that I don’t think the path is linear.

Anyway, it’s not something I wish to waste my time arguing about. I’m sorry you feel offended, and I’ll leave it at that.