17 Problems Only People Who Do Yoga Will Understand

12. Learning To Meditate

When you're told to think of nothing, you immediately go into a cycle of thoughts throwing themselves at you at 100mph. Someone once estimated that in one half-hour meditation session, we may have up to 300 thoughts; so it's important to focus on a purpose for the meditation to avoid harmful distraction... oh, and don't peep to see if everyone else has their eyes closed. We've all done it.

11. When You Get Into A Pose Perfectly And Your Legs Decide To Turn To Blancmange

What was once a beautifully-posed Gecko, is now a crumpled squashed frog on a Yoga mat.
 
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