Om Shanti: A Yoga Blog

In last month’s issue of Yoga Journal, there was an advertisement for an online yoga program you can do at home. The sales pitch was something like this: Retreat at home, because the average South-of-the-Border yoga retreat increases your carbon footprint by over 3000 pounds. The claim seems to be that going on a yoga retreat is a self-indulgent extravagance, and that the detrimental side-effects of taking such a vacation far outweigh any personal benefit you may get. Is this a valid claim? (more…)