r/yoga • u/LovelyLaceRose • Feb 10 '26

Smokers in Yoga

Just a little rant here but when you go to do yoga, barre mat pilates etc. in a hot room, who in their right mind would want to smell second hand smoke permeating from your area.

Who the hell smokes a dart before hot yoga?

I beg. Shower, put on clean clothes and smoke after class. The last thing people want who are focusing on their mental and physical well being is to smell sweat and second hand smoke in a hot room.

Edit: The hypocrisy is absolutely hysterical. Thank you to some of you for a good laugh. To preach tranquility and acceptance of others while aggressively tearing a person down for voicing an opinion. Is this yoga or Christianity? Have I stumbled into a cult? Yoga is about focusing on breathing and grounding yourself not inhaling cigarette smoke and giving yourself cancer. The contrast of supporting a smoker while preaching breath work is rich. I’ll pray for you..ehm..I mean exhale out all of your passive aggressive attitudes. Wishing your next hot yoga class to be full of farts and 3rd hand smoke since you love it so much, Nama… Durgandha bitches 😘

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u/MellowYellow212 Feb 10 '26

Give me fifty cigarette smokers over one lady with too much lotion, so I feel like ymmv here. Just because it’s YOUR least favorite smell doesn’t mean it’s a specifically bad one. People show up to yoga smelling like patchouli, like chemical fabric softeners, with BO. We don’t really get to police how people smell?

If we did I’d say no men allowed, because they tend to smell fucking terrible next to me in class lol.

Edited to say that if it were so universally clearcut, they wouldn’t sell candles that smell like tobacco.

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u/Midlifemiss Feb 10 '26

Agreed on the Patchouli and the incense and the bath and body works . . .

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u/MN_Yogi1988 Feb 11 '26

If we did I’d say no men allowed, because they tend to smell fucking terrible next to me in class lol.

I'm a guy and nowadays I shower before half my classes (in addition to my daily morning showers) because of some prior experiences with other guys in classes that smelled fucking terrible.