Posted on 10/16/2019 2:01:07 PM PDT by simpson96
KANSAS CITY, MO (CBS Local) — An alternative twist to the usually deep breathing meditation and soothing poses of traditional yoga is becoming all the rage in Kansas City.
Instructor Amanda Kauffman said she started practicing yoga seven years ago. Two years ago, she came across a new technique she said is more her style.
“A lot of people stay away from yoga because they think, ‘Oh well, you know, I’m not good enough for that, or what are people going to think about my poses,'” she told WDAF. “And in here, you can just be yourself.”
Kauffman now teaches rage yoga.
“The technique is different. Instead of calming your mind, you’re bringing everything out,” she said. “Instead of just trying to push it out quietly, you’re going to push it out, and it’s going to be loud!”
With loud, explicit music as the soundtrack for Monday’s first class, participants were encouraged to yell, scream, cuss and make obscene gestures.
“Just letting all the negative energy out tonight. That’s the goal,” Kauffman said.
The rage yoga trend began in Canada, but is slowly spreading to cities across the U.S.
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Sounds like calisthenics for their hate muscles. Afterwards, they feel refreshed, but their nastiness becomes ever stronger.
Oh, so that’s what we’ve been doing.
I DO feel so much better now.
An old, Freudian myth. The negative energy is not "let out." Behaving this way reinforces it.
I have heard of naked yoga. So why not combine naked yoga with rage yoga BUT all guns must be checked at the door.
Lol, been on here Friday or Saturday night?
“Releases ‘Negative Energy’ With Alcohol, Profanity And Obscene Gestures,”
Haha.. Congress should try it.
Perfect for people with Tourette’s Syndrome.
Yoko Ono exceeds my range, not in a good way.
Turns out FEAR exceeds my range, but only because of the physical mayhem associated with the performance (their music is fine).
Thank you for posting that video link. I needed to stretch. :-)
I did that regularly when I was young and I’m still pissed.
When I first read the headline I thought it said rape yoga. I thought what the . . . .
Never heard of Fear.
But due to a series of weird circumstances I found myself in the mosh pit at a Dead Kennedys performance once.
I managed to escape to the bar where I ordered a martini and got a VERY hostile (”you’re obviously too old & square to be here”) look from the bartender to go with it.
When I leaned back on the bar, I noticed a vaguely familiar middle-aged woman on the barstool beside mine. I couldn’t figure out where I’d seen her before.
Both of us were people-watching the punk-ish crowd when a clanking, safety-pin-in-cheeks studded, leather-clad guy with a nine-foot-high day-glo green Mohawk stomped by.
The woman turned to me and said, “Jeeeeez! These KIDS! Did you see THAT?”
And just like that, I recognized her.
It was Grace Slick.
True story. LOL.
I thought yoga was supposed to help calm you and reach the kundalini awakening.
Rage yoga sounds like a disaster in the making as people are encouraged to express themselves.
Anarchy prevails.
Unbeknownst to SNL, Fear had bussed in rabid fans to NYC to mosh/stage dive during the broadcast. They also caused lots of damage - one quote was $200,000 worth of damage, but that may be overblown.
Nonetheless, all this earned them a lifetime ban from SNL (big whoop) and a place in the annals of rock/punk - not just for the raucous performance but things like:
- telling the audience that "it's great to be back in New Jersey,"
- yelling "NEW YORK SUCKS!" during the live broadcast, and
- singing highly inflammatory (in some quarters) songs like "Beef Bologna" and "New York's Alright If You Like Saxaphones" (search for the lyrics...they are epic but here's a sample: New York's alright If you wanna get pushed In front of the subway, New York's alright If you like tuberculosis...).
Interestingly, SNL went to commercial right when Fear started "Let's Have a War" which is in the cult movie "Repo Man" which has a Class A punk soundtrack.
I never saw the Dead Kennedys but Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables should be in the Library of Congress as a Culturally Important work of art. The same should also go for several songs by The Undead but that's because I think Bobby Steele not only rocks but because he got rooked by The Misfits.
Um, ok, whatever.
Guess you weren’t impressed by my *Grace Slick* story. :^)
So..I don’t drink.
Can I still do rage yoga cuz I have a lot of it push out.
:)
Coffee and Excedrine will suffice. No need for booze. Put on Undead tunes. It'll soothe the soul.
Might cue up some Five Finger Death Punch and just stand in the woods and scream.
:D
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