Lighten Up, Dude
I received a bitter, negative comment on one of my You Tube videos of Get Exercised the other day. I debated whether or not I should write about it here because I don’t like giving attention and credit to people who choose to talk badly about others, but I thought it would be a great opportunity to clarify my mission for Get Exercised.
This is the comment I received:
This may be helpful for some… Hopefully the humor can be seen as cute and ignored as random wanderings of an immature practitioner (and blatant disregard for the depth and integrity of yoga). Of course, we must practice acceptance on all levels–even for young teachers stricken with rampant chitta vritti.
Yoga has come a long way to be so carelessly disrespected with a random thoughts (which have only existed for seconds in the mind of this young lady). Please think before you speak.
First, this man was brave enough to comment on one of my older episodes that my current viewers and subscribers will likely no longer see because they’ve watched it already. Thus, not giving current viewers the opportunity to write back.
Second, I’ve received MANY emails from viewers that have thanked me for making yoga fun and that they would have never considered doing it or learning more about it if they hadn’t seen Get Exercised. Score points for yoga!
Third, dude, lighten up! Chitta Vritti is defined as excess mental activity and it sounds like you’ve got a little extra chimichanga going on yourself. And, by the way, where can I view your podcast?
I created Get Exercised because as an actress I’m passionate about entertaining and as a yoga instructor I’m passionate about helping people feel strong and healthy. By combining the two, I wanted viewers to get the real, genuine me and encourage those who wouldn’t likely give yoga the time of day to give it a chance because the podcast entertained them as well as informed. I love audience feedback and incorporate it into the show when I can.
And I would LOVE to watch the podcasts of anybody who has anything else to say!