How to React When a Friend Does Something You Don't Think Will Work

I really believe that the primary reason men don’t embrace yoga is that is has an image of being, for want of a better term, effeminate. Yoga is an excellent exercise that requires no expensive equipment, and uses your body’s own weight for resistance. Many men are looking for exactly that sort of thing. Also, yoga often makes people pass gas, which most men would consider a huge plus. But I suspect most men who try yoga take their leave the first time they are told to lay on their back and grab their ankles for the Happy Baby pose.

That’s why I suggest someone develop yoga for insecure men, which I will call “Broga.” It would be all the same poses, but with more bro-appropriate (a-bro-priate?) names. Warrior One and Warrior Two can stay, but most of the other pose names need work. For example:

Current Name: Dancer Pose

New Name: Hood Ornament

Current Name: Down Dog

New Name: Fart Volcano

Current Name: Upward Dog

New Name: UpDawg (It’s a small change, but would make all the difference. Every time the Broga instructor says “UpDawg,” all of the students would be encouraged to shout “What’s UpDawg?!” and laugh as much as they need to.)

NOTE: I wrote this up, then did a quick search, and discovered that Broga already exists.

If anyone reading this works for the Broga organization and is interested in working on a new naming scheme for the poses, drop me an e-mail.

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