My 5 Excuses for Not Going to Yoga Class

"It's 4:10 p.m. and my early evening yoga class is less than an hour away. I've been looking forward to shutting this laptop down all day, but for some reason my perfect excuse for sending my last email has now turned into a bit of an afterwork albatross. You see, this is the time of day where I start to make excuses for not going to yoga class."

""I'll do it from home." Curse the patron saints of YouTube for bequeathing such readily accessible, and well soundtracked yoga packages at the press of a button. For some reason or another, I now have the perfectly rationalized excuse of not driving halfway across town to be around other people and a real, breathing teacher, and settle for my home office/apartment/bedroom/yoga studio instead. That seems healthy and productive, right?"

It's 4:10 p.m. and an early evening yoga class is less than an hour away. Anticipation for class often turns into a cascade of afterwork rationalizations that delay or prevent attendance. Common excuses include opting for online yoga at home instead of traveling to a studio, postponing practice because of recent eating and digestive concerns, and preferring a more intense strength workout over yoga's stretch-focused session. Home videos offer convenience but reduce accountability and in-person instruction. Worries about bloating and digestion create a narrow window for practice, while the desire for heavier exercise reframes yoga as inadequate and increases no-shows.

Read at Yoga Journal