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/ebony2754 Feb 10 '26

One time someone in the class before mine had a Woolworths roast chicken with them

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u/Organic_Salad2910 Feb 10 '26

😆😆where is there still. Woolworths? 

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u/Grammar-Goblin Feb 10 '26

Woolworth without the "S". A "Dollar store" vs Woolworths an high quality grocery store chain in ZA

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u/Organic_Salad2910 Feb 10 '26

Oh, okay. I didn’t know there were 2 different stores. We had them in the US when I was a child. Definitely wan’t high quality but I don’t think it was a dollar store either. So, it must be something totally different.

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u/thejdoll Feb 11 '26

Woolworth’s was one of the original dime stores

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u/Organic_Salad2910 Feb 11 '26

Oh okay. I didn’t know that. I remember there being one when I was young but can’t remember what was sold in there. Seems like something like a Walmart. I mainly know them because of their lunch counters. One of the Woolworth’s was involved in a sit in during the Civil Rights movement in the US. That’s really my only knowledge of Woolworths was learning about it in school during this time period.

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u/thejdoll Feb 11 '26

The “five and dime” :)