If you practiced yoga in the 90s, you know… it was different.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro & why we’re talking about 90s yoga
04:03 Andrea’s first yoga class (and the clown car moment)
11:54 Jason’s first yoga class in college
25:11 Quirky studios, circus neighbors & wild props
31:26 What’s changed for better and worse
Before it was in every gym, before online classes, before Lululemon — yoga in the U.S. was a quirky subculture you had to seek out. In this episode of Yoga-ish, we share our funniest, weirdest, and most heartfelt memories from our early years of practice:
• Renting rooms in funky parts of town with circus performers as neighbors
• The original paper-thin blue and green mats that never got cleaned
• Heavy wooden props that could double as furniture
• Our first teachers — from deeply traditional to delightfully eccentric
• How yoga felt before it became mainstream, and what’s changed (for better and worse)
Whether you started in the 70s, 90s, or just last week, this is a love letter to yoga’s evolution — and a celebration of its wonderfully weird past.
💬 Your turn: Were you practicing yoga in the 90s (or earlier)? Share your best memory here or on Instagram (and tag us) -- we'd love to hear them!
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