You know you're a yogi when -

So you been going to a few classes here and there and you even have some incense burning once in a while, maybe you read about Yoga or just checking out more about in online - like now;) and the only natural question eventually comes in to your mind :
( no, no, not THE question  of WHO AM I, WHAT AM I... we get in to that in later blogs.. first things first )

AM I A YOGI ?

well it's ok and I'm glad you are at this point in your life and I have made a check list just for you;

Just keep track and check your score at the end.

GOOD LUCK

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A YOGI WHEN

1

YOU'VE BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC PLACES WITH YOUR OWN YOGA MAT

and you feel a bit like a Ninja walking around with it 

2

YOU PRACTICE YOUR OM AND USE IT TO GET IN THE ZONE

release tension  

3

YOU CANT WAIT FOR FRIDAY NIGHT KIRTAN

4

THIS just looks like the beginning of Prasarita Padhottanasana and NOTHING MORE

5

YOUR CLOTHES SMELL LIKE INCENSE
your hair, house, car and pets

6

THIS LOOKS LIKE YOUR IDEA OF SOCIALIZING

and you wish you were there right now 

7

YOUR FAVORITE BOOK

read it or will read it 

8

YOU LOVE BRAD PITT

! 

9

During Shavasana you “check in” and don’t just pass out 

or think about what you gonna eat after class 

YOU DO SHAVASANA

10

YOU CAN'T FREAKEN WAIT FOR KIRTAN

11

BRADED HAIR AND HEAD TIES ARE IN

Bandanas and scarfs as well 

12

YOU ARE JEALOUS OF THIS GUYS FLEXIBILITY

but having an understanding of jealousy - you turn it around to admiration   

13

YOUR MULTI - TASKING SKILLS ARE GONE

due to highly developed awareness and devotion to what you are actually doing

14

YOU ARE AMAZED INSPIRED AND TURNED ON

no not in a sexual way. 

like; stocked - wowed 

15

YOU KNOW AT LEAST 10 YOGA POSE NAMES IN SANSKRIT

16

KRISHNA DAS / DEVA PREMAL OR BOTH ON ON YOUR IPOD

17

YOU SAY 'NAMASTE' AND MEAN IT

and not just in class 

18

YOU ARE VEGETARIAN. NOTHING FUNNY HERE – YOU ARE VEGETARIAN

or at least cutting back on animal products cause we love animals !

19

YOU DON'T GET ANGRY AT PEOPLE ANY MORE

 you just send them LOVE and LIGHT

20

You know that Tantra is so much more then just sex
?

AND FINALY 

20

KIRTAN!! CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! 

KIRTANNNNNNNNNNNNN

So there you have it!

check your score;

0 - 5

not even close to being a Yogi and you need to go to more class ASAP

why would you even read this? you should be on the mat right now

and burn some incense!

I'm sending you love.

and light 

5 - 10 

Yogi no, but your on your way!

(you sure you don't like Kirtan?)

10 - 15

welcome to the club - You ARE a Yogi

15 - 21

we should all meet- chant, do yoga, spread love to the world and  for sure KIRTAN the heck out of it!

Final note to those who may wander -

1 - what's up with the Kirtan?

2 - Brad Pitt??

and all I have to say to that my friends is YES!!!

Brad Pitt and Kirtan are symptoms of the Yoginess blossoming within you. why Brad pitt?? 

is he not a fellow man?? well there you have it. Yogis love all men.

it was kind of a trick question I know but I thought, well, everyone loves Brad pitt ( unless you are one of 16 people on the planet that don't ) so really it was like getting a freebee... 

Namaste.

I mean it.

SjD 

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